Table 8 The proportion of urban and rural new pupils receiving ECE, 2006 to 2012 (in person, %)
Year | Urban areas | Rural areas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary school entrants | Having received ECE before primary school | Percent | Primary school entrants | Having received ECE before primary school | Percent | |
2006 | 6,479,163 | 6,022,826 | 92.96 | 10,814,409 | 8,630,047 | 79.80 |
2007 | 7,014,286 | 6,613,139 | 94.28 | 10,346,386 | 8,530,154 | 82.45 |
2008 | 7,099,448 | 6,787,721 | 95.61 | 9,857,702 | 8,237,143 | 83.56 |
2009 | 6,957,149 | 6,665,562 | 95.81 | 9,420,829 | 8,065,594 | 85.61 |
2010 | 7,765,504 | 7,485,197 | 96.39 | 9,151,503 | 8,052,509 | 87.99 |
2011 | 10,208,687 | 9,794,358 | 95.94 | 7,159,293 | 6,319,609 | 88.27 |
2012 | 10,574,035 | 10,327,142 | 97.67 | 6,572,605 | 6,048,998 | 92.03 |