IV. Special education
There were 2,314 special schools across the country, an increase of 1.14% over the previous year. The total number of students receiving special education of all types was 146,300. Registered students receiving such education totaled 918,500, of which: those attending regular classes in regular schools numbered 335,700, accounting for 36.54% of the total number of registered students receiving special education across the country.
Full-time teachers totaled 72,700, an increase of 4.85% over the previous year.
V. Non-state education
In 2022, China had 178,300 privately run schools, accounting for 34.37% of all schools across the country. The number of students attending non-state schools was 52,827,200, accounting for 18.05% of all students in China.
More details are as follows:
- 160,500 non-state kindergartens, serving 21,267,800 children;
- 10,500 non-state primary and junior high schools, with 13,568,500 registered students, including 7,363,700 students under government funding;
- 4,300 non-state regular senior high schools, with 4,977,900 registered students;
- 2,073 non-state vocational senior high schools, with 2,762,400 registered students;
- 764 non-state higher education institutions (including 390 regular universities/colleges, 22 bachelor-degree-awarding vocational schools, 350 higher vocational education institutions, 2 higher education institutions for adults), with 9,248,900 attending.