son science and The new education system was initiall soon Soviet model of education In particular it was geared to the drive technology As a result a privileged technological intelligentsia for industrial development with the greatest emphasise emerged widening the separation between intellectual and manual work equal opportunities for all also appeared Educational expansion was Other social inequalities despite the CCP s formal commitment to greater in urban than rural areas in addition admissions to schools beyond the primary level tended to favour the children of Party cadre government employees and technicians primary education throughout China the lack of surplus finance meant this had Although the government aimed to provide free and universal p 1950s most village children had some primary education and the numbers in by no means been achieved by 1955 Nonetheless by the mid secondary education had almost tripled ACTIVITY Carry out some additional research on the educational reforms of the period 1949 55 Then write a couple of paragraphs to explain why full educational equality was not achieved by these reforms Health and living standards During the 1950s there were important advances in health care which Defore 1949 had been almost completely absent from rural areas The CCP quickly established clinics in most counties and health workers were sent to deal with the most common diseases Young people were ained to help people in rural areas identify and report contagious seases and to give instruction in the importance of hygiene d sanitation