Number of special education teachers in China on the rise

China had 62,400 teachers for special education schools as of the end of 2019, up 3,700 year on year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Education.

The number marks an increase of 6.31 percent from the previous year, noted the report on China's education in 2019. 

The teachers work for 2,192 special education schools across the country, 40 of which were put into use in 2019, said the report.

A total of 144,200 students were enrolled in such schools during the year, up by 16.76 percent on a yearly basis, taking the number of special education students at school to 794,600, up by 19.32 percent from 2018.

Nearly half of the special education students attend classes in regular schools, while 21.5 percent were taught by teachers sent to their homes, according to the report.