Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released the statistical monitoring report of the 2019 China Women's Development Program. The report shows that in 2019, there will be 1.448 million female graduate students in higher education, accounting for 50.6% of all graduate students.
More than half of female students in higher education
In recent years, China's higher education has developed rapidly. The gross enrollment rate of higher education has rapidly increased from 26.5% in 2010 to 51.6% in 2019. In 2019, the number of female graduate students in higher education was 1.448 million, accounting for 50.6% of all graduate students, 2.7 percentage points higher than that in 2010; There were 15.679 million and 3.923 million female college students in general colleges and adult colleges, accounting for 51.7% and 58.7% respectively, 0.9 and 5.6 percentage points higher than that in 2010.
What is the enrollment rate of female students
In terms of education, girls' equal access to preschool education has been effectively guaranteed. In 2019, there were 22.126 million pre-school girls in kindergartens nationwide, an increase of 359000 or 1.6% over the previous year, 0.4 percentage points higher than the average level of all children in kindergartens; The gross enrollment rate of preschool education nationwide was 83.4%, 1.7 percentage points higher than that of the previous year, far higher than the goal of "reaching 70%" in the Outline.
With the continuous development of China's compulsory education, girls' right to equal education has been further strengthened. The net enrollment rate of primary school age children has reached 99.9% or more for five consecutive years. China has basically eliminated the gender gap in the stage of compulsory education.
Female students in higher education account for more than half of the total. Among the students in higher education, there are 1.448 million female graduate students, accounting for 50.6% of all graduate students. The proportion of women in the employment of the whole society continues to be more than 40%.