武汉地区共有各级各类学校(不含技工学校,下同)2862所,在校生204.86万人,占全市人口的26.7%;武汉教育事业发展有几大显著特点:一是高等教育跨步发展。武汉地区高校在经历了教育管理体制改革、布局结构调整和几年大幅扩招后,发展势头很好。2002年,普通高校数由2001年的35所增加到47所(其中市属4所),招生人数和在校生规模分别首次突破13万和39万人大关,增幅分别 Wuhan has a total of 2862 all kinds of schools at all levels (excluding technical schools, the same below), with 2.4886 million students, accounting for 26.7% of the city’s population. There are several prominent features in the development of Wuhan’s education undertaking: First, the rapid development of higher education . Wuhan University has undergone a great momentum of development after it has undergone reforms in its education and management system, readjustment of its layout and a few years of substantial enrollment expansion. In 2002, the number of ordinary colleges and universities increased from 35 in 2001 to 47 (of which 4 are municipalities), the number of students enrolled and the size of students in schools respectively exceeded the threshold of 130,000 and 390,000 for the first time respectively,