This has caused a decline in instructional spending, and resources and dramatic increases in tuition.

FORBES: Massive Coaching Salaries Are Justified

CORE's objective is to introduce advanced courseware from MIT and other top-ranked universities from around the world, by using the latest information technology, teaching methodologies, instructional content and other resources to enhance the quality of higher education within China.

UNESCO: Open Educational Resources

However, the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of these programmes has been undermined by a lack of adequate resources, an acute shortage of trained manpower, a severe lack of educational and other instructional materials, a shortage of learning spaces and insufficient motivation for teachers and literacy facilitators due to poor working conditions.

UNESCO: Integrated Intergenerational Literacy Project (IILP)