More than 2 million children of migrant workers in China are unable to enroll¹ in public primary or junior schools in the cities where their parents live, according to a report.

一份报告指出，我国有超过200万外来务工人员子女未能进入父母现居住城市的公办小学或初中就读。

The Blue Book of Migrant Children, released last Tuesday by the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said that only 80% of migrant children who qualify for nine-year compulsory² education as of 2014 could attend public schools where their parents live.

21世纪教育研究院上周二发布的流动儿童蓝皮书称，截至2014年，九年义务教育阶段流动儿童在父母现居住地公办学校就读的比例仅为80%。

Others had to turn to private schools or ones set up specifically for migrant workers' children, which are usually poorly constructed and of low educational quality.

其余的流动儿童只能在民办学校或者打工子弟学校就读，这些学校通常条件简陋、教育品质低。

Data presented by the report showed that China's migrant population reached 247 million in October 2015, and the number of their children - migrant children and left-behind children - totaled about 100 million.

蓝皮书给出的数据显示，2015年10月，全国流动人口总量达2.47亿，作为流动人口子女的流动儿童和留守儿童这两个群体总数约1亿人。

The report said a lack of family guidance has also affected³ the children's growth.

该报告指出，缺乏家庭辅导也会影响儿童的成长。

It said parents have high expectations of their children but could not provide sufficient support for them, and that they pay more attention to the results instead of process.

父母对于他们的孩子有很高的期望，但不能为他们提供足够的支持，他们更加注重结果而不是过程。

The government should narrow the gap between investment in urban and rural education and spare no effort in providing a balance, said Lu Jianfei, a professor at Shanghai Normal University who led the research.

主导该研究的上海师范大学教授陆建非表示，政府应该缩小城市和农村的教育投资差距，并不遗余力的提供一种平衡。