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Development of preschool education major in colleges and universities in the context of low fertility rate: current situation, dilemmas, and strategies to crack the problem

Yiping Ji

Yiping Ji

Faculty of Teacher Education, Lishui UniversityLishui, China
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Shujuan Bao

Shujuan Bao

Faculty of Teacher Education, Lishui UniversityLishui, China
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Oksana Zhernovnykova

Oksana Zhernovnykova

H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityKharkiv, Ukraina
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Mar 19, 2025
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Published Online: Mar 19, 2025
Received: Oct 05, 2024
Accepted: Jan 28, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns-2025-0399
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Figure 1.

Statistics on the combined fertility rate of oecd countries in 2019 Note: Data from the oecd database oecd(2019).
Statistics on the combined fertility rate of oecd countries in 2019 Note: Data from the oecd database oecd(2019).

Figure 2.

The birth rate of China from 2011-2023 Note: the data comes from the national bureau of statistics, the Chinese statistical yearbook, (2011-2020).
The birth rate of China from 2011-2023 Note: the data comes from the national bureau of statistics, the Chinese statistical yearbook, (2011-2020).

Figure 3.

The total number of kindergartens from 2003—2023
The total number of kindergartens from 2003—2023

Figure 4.

The number of children in the country from 2003—2023
The number of children in the country from 2003—2023

Figure 5.

2011-2020 pre-school education Data source: Statistics and statistics of education, ministry of education of the People’s Republic of China.
2011-2020 pre-school education Data source: Statistics and statistics of education, ministry of education of the People’s Republic of China.

Figure 6.

Class size of kindergarten class from 2011-2020 Note: the data is based on the education statistics of the ministry of education of the People’s Republic of China.
Class size of kindergarten class from 2011-2020 Note: the data is based on the education statistics of the ministry of education of the People’s Republic of China.

Figure 7.

The total fertility rate of the provinces in 2020 Note: Data from the national bureau of statistics, “Chinese mouth census yearbook” -2020.
The total fertility rate of the provinces in 2020 Note: Data from the national bureau of statistics, “Chinese mouth census yearbook” -2020.

2023-2023-2035 pre-school education population concentration (Metering unit/%)

Year 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
City 45.654 46.451 47.896 48.685 49.518 50.426 51.486
County town 36.269 35.862 35.615 35.286 34.869 34.593 34.169
Village 18.664 17.896 17.896 16.615 15.789 14.596 14.596
Year 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 /
City 52.365 53.185 53.496 24.596 55.126 55.748
County town 33.815 33.485 33.158 32.752 32.485 32.658
Village 14.265 13.487 13.247 12.869 12.596 12.374
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