The government provides free education at both primary and secondary school levels and provides some financial assistance for private schools.

政府为小学和中学都提供免费教育，并为私立学校提供一定的经济援助。

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Unequal access to early childhood education for lower-income households, mainly due to provision of pre-primary education by the private sector.

低收入家庭无法获得平等的儿童早期教育机会，主要原因是学前教育有私营部门提供。

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The private primary and secondary education is an important part of the basic education and plays an important role in education.

民办中小学教育是基础教育的重要组成部分，对教育发挥着重要作用。

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The government schools reaching into city and rural areas and the missionary schools had been the backbone of primary and secondary education, but in recent decades a mushrooming of private schools, especially in the urban areas, has drastically changed the scenario.

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The private sector, which accounts for 30% of primary and secondary education, fares little better.

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Across the region, families are the largest private financers of education and provide 30% of all primary education resources.

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