The Beijing News accuses local officials in Hubei province of embezzling funds after China Central Television exposed authorities distributing "fake" dictionaries riddled with mistakes to over 3 million pupils in rural primary and secondary schools as part of a government subsidised scheme.

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The Network comprises some 9, 500 educational institutions, ranging from public and private pre-schools, primary, secondary and vocational schools to teacher training institutes, in rural or urban settings.

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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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