ocr: Despite the expansion of education since 1949, illiteracy and semi-literacy are still quite widespread. This is due partly to the Cultural Revolution which: left a generation with little education; it also retlects lower rural attendance and attitudes to women. In 1990,38% of women and 16% - of: men were iliterate. l'o raise slall levels, the goverment has set a target of: nine years of education for all. School attendance fell when fees were introduced in the 1980s, but is now nearing 90%. Higher education, which is also fee-paying, attracts only 2% of20-24 year-olds. - Today, however, select ...
