A new study published in the International Journal of Aging and Human Development estimated that in China 14.3 per cent of the population has physical disabilities considered instrumental to daily life -; but ethnic minority Chinese in rural China were 44% more likely to have one or more physical disabilities compared to Han Chinese, which form the majority country-wide.
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Kellogg School professor Nicola Bianchi says technology can help close the education gap between rural and urban students.
A computer-assisted learning program tested in rural China showed students moving away from agriculture jobs to cognitive-skilled jobs.
Technology-based education that s supervised in person is most likely to yield positive results.
Where a child is born has enormous influence over their educational future.
Even within nations, there tends to be a yawning gap between urban and rural education outcomes. For instance, according to one 2015 standardized assessment, 15-year-olds studying in urban schools in 37 countries outperformed rural students by roughly the equivalent of one full year of schooling, even after controlling for students socioeconomic backgrounds.