党的十六大确定的全面建设小康社会的奋斗目标，对教育的改革发展提出了新的更高的要求。教育的发展水平是全面建设小康社会目标的重要组成部分。十六大报告在论述全面建设小康社会目标中明确指出：“全民族的思想道德素质、科学文化素质和健康素质明显提高，形成比较完善的现 The goal of building a well-to-do society in an all-round way as determined by the party’s 16th National Congress put forward new and higher requirements for the reform and development of education. The level of education development is an important part of the goal of building an overall well-to-do society. The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China explicitly stated in the goal of comprehensively building a well-off society: “The ethical and ethical quality, scientific and cultural quality and health quality of the entire nation have been significantly improved, and a relatively complete present