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

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 6 The proportion of different professional titles of urban-rural kindergarten teachers, 2006 to 2012 (%)

Year	Senior secondary		Senior primary		First grade primary		Second grade primary		Third grade primary
Year	Urban areas	Rural areas	Urban areas	Rural areas	Urban areas	Rural areas	Urban areas	Rural areas	Urban areas	Rural areas
2006	89.42	10.58	88.54	11.46	81.77	18.23	82.58	17.42	83.94	16.06
2007	87.68	12.32	87.71	12.29	82.01	17.99	83.17	16.83	83.50	16.50
2008	84.20	15.80	86.22	13.78	81.87	18.13	83.96	16.04	85.03	14.97
2009	87.06	12.94	86.04	13.96	82.07	17.93	84.92	15.08	83.41	16.59
2010	87.41	12.59	84.92	15.08	81.76	18.24	84.65	15.35	83.93	16.07
2011	93.34	6.66	89.88	10.12	87.55	12.45	89.45	10.55	87.68	12.32
2012	91.64	8.36	89.79	10.21	87.57	12.43	88.05	11.95	88.50	11.50