国内英语新闻:Chinese President's speech stresses importance of education

He said education reform and development should be student-oriented, and urged authorities to implement quality education, to hone the students' sense of responsibility, their innovative spirit, and their capacity to solve practical problems.

He also urged authorities to focus on the quality of education, and called for efforts to put together a contingent of enthusiastic and high-quality teachers.

Third, education reform should be deepened and educational ideas for cultivating talents should be upgraded.

Hu said governments should interfere less with decision-making and management of schools so that schools become less bureaucratic.

He suggested giving full play to the private sector to run educational institutions and to attach greater importance to vocational education.

Fourth, the Party and government should always promote fairness of educational opportunities and ensure that no child drops out schooling for financial reasons.

Fifth, government should increase the quality of education so as to cultivate more talents.

Hu stressed that all social circles should contribute to the development of education, and more educational resources should be channeled to underdeveloped areas.

He urged the deepening of curriculum reform so that students could develop in an all-around manner.