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Table 4 Urban and rural kindergarten teachers’ allocation, 2006 to 2012 (in person)

From: The way to early childhood education equity - policies to tackle the urban-rural disparities in China

Year

Kindergarten teachers

Teacher-children ratio

Average number of teachers per class

Urban areas

Rural areas

Urban areas

Rural areas

Urban areas

Rural areas

2006

586,558

189,933

1/21

1/55

1.49

0.48

2007

636,716

190,049

1/21

1/54

1.51

0.50

2008

689,954

208,598

1/21

1/51

1.55

0.55

2009

753,456

232,433

1/20

1/49

1.57

0.60

2010

868,379

275,846

1/20

1/44

1.57

0.66

2011

1,113,913

201,721

1/22

1/49

1.34

0.48

2012

1,249,674

229,563

1/21

1/45

1.44

0.58