Shenzhen has only 344 primary schools, well below the 961 primary schools in Guangzhou, which has a comparable population of 15 million. Photo: Edward Wong
Shenzhen is set to be China’s new model city, so why are parents losing sleep over their children’s education?
- Only 35,000 students out of a total of nearly 80,000 were accepted into local public secondary schools last year for education between the ages of 16-18
- Beijing’s new ambitious plan is to turn the home of the likes of Huawei, Tencent and DJI into a model city by 2035
Shenzhen has only 344 primary schools, well below the 961 primary schools in Guangzhou, which has a comparable population of 15 million. Photo: Edward Wong
