山东自1903年前后即开始兴办新学制教育,起步不算晚,但在北洋军阀统治时期,教育根本不被重视,教育经费毫无保障。如民国十六年度(1926年7月-1927年6月),省教育经费尚不足140万元。所发之款内还夹杂着张宗昌的军用票和金库券、省行钞。这些钞票按市价每元折合银元只有3角左右,经费还常被侵吞挪用。致使学校数量少,师资水平亦低,学龄儿童失学率很高,各地私塾普遍存在。 Since the beginning of 1903, Shandong began to set up a new system of education, which was not too late. However, during the rule of the Beiyang warlords, education was not taken seriously and the funds for education were without any guarantee. For example, in the 16th year of the Republic of China (July 1926 - June 1927), the provincial education expenditure was still less than 1.4 million yuan. The money made is also mixed with Zhang Zongchang military tickets and vouchers, provincial bank notes. According to the market price of silver dollars per dollar equivalent to only about 3 corner, funding is often embezzled. Resulting in a small number of schools, the level of teachers is also low, high school-age children out of school, private schools around the ubiquitous.