• litercy increased 50% by 57, high swchools quadrupled
• 3 million schools in commune during glf (1 per commune) w/ 2.9 million children n iT
• further enducation enrollment quadrupled by 56
• pinyin introduces+d
• og 30% 7 year old boys could read vs 1% girls and only 2% RECIEVED SCHOOLing vs 5% men. by 76, 45% children in school were girls. at first only 40% girls fnished high school, but by 59 100% girls finished primary
• 800 western style hospitals built
• backyard furnces fucking up schools
• key point schools elityest, remained, became feeder points to university
• large no. of ppl sent to russian schools, 26 engineering unis built, 20 polytrechnics built
• trained doctors increased to 150k by 65, with 25k a year being trained
• start of 1966, 86% apc 30% higher, by end 98% apc 86% higher