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Why should China improve quality education?

Candidate A : Nowadays, there is an increasing number of educators and college teachers alike in the society appealing for quality education. The Ministry of Education in China has framed certain policies to implement essential quality education on all school levels.
Candidate B : The so-called essential quality education is intended to cultivate well-rounded talents with specializations as well as adequate general knowledge. The proposition of such an idea is prompted by the ever-changing society. More and more evidence demonstrate that the time of duplicating "nerdish grind" is over.
Candidate A : On the contrary, the era of creating versatile talents with exceptional experimental abilities is ushered in. The rationale behind this movement to promote quality education is because the hands-on abilities of students of all levels add more weight than ever before.
Candidate B : The promotion of quality education does not mean to shift the focus from academic purposes to experimental means. Instead, it accentuates the due respect for pragmatism and kinesthetic approach.
Candidate A : Whether a nation is prosperous and wealthy largely depends on whether the students in this country are creative and pragmatic or not. And quality education just does the trick to foster students" entrepreneurship.
Candidate A : Only on this condition can China keep pace with those developed countries as they put forward quality education earlier than us.