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Public schools to extend reach

About 70 percent of the children of migrant workers in Shanghai will receive free primary and middle-school education at public schools by 2010, the Shanghai municipal education commission said. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Wed, Feb 13 2008

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