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Students have a class at Nanmen primary school in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The number of school dropouts from China's nine-year compulsory education system had fallen to 831 by the end of November, marking a monumental 99.9 percent decrease from last year, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
The achievement is another significant step in the nation's goal to have zero dropouts among primary and middle school students.
Last year, the dropout figure was 600,000, said Lyu Yugang, director of the ministry's department of basic education.
Meanwhile, the number of dropouts from registered impoverished families has been reduced from 200,000 last year to zero, he added.