河北省威县是个“普九达标县”,按照达标要求,其义务教育阶段的辍学率不应超过3%。但事实是,该县每年初一入学学生保持在1万多人,在初三中考时,参加考试的只剩下4000来人,三年里流失6000多名学生。而更令人沉重的是,威县并不是一个特殊的典型,它不过是记者随意调查的一个县,也 Weixian County, Hebei Province, is a “standard Jiujiang county”, according to the standard requirements, the drop-out rate in the compulsory education phase should not exceed 3%. However, the fact is that the county holds more than 10,000 students each year on the first day of each year. Only 4,000 come to the exams on the third day of the third year of examinations, leaving more than 6,000 students in three years. What is even more heavy is that Wei County is not a special one. It is only a county where journalists are willing to investigate.