China on Monday vowed to provide further educational assistance to other developing nations despite difficulties in its own national education.

Addressing a United Nations conference on education held in Beijing, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said, "China is ready to make more contribution to the development of education around the globe and further increase educational assistance to the developing countries."

The Fifth High Level Group Meeting on Education For All, which runs from Monday to Wednesday, is sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The three-day conference is aimed at implementing plans on eliminating illiterates and enhancing education for rural people in underdeveloped countries.

China will help other developing countries train more school masters, from present 500 to 1,500 annually, said Wen, adding China will offer an aid of 1 million US dollars to the UNESCO for education in Africa and for female pupil education.

Wen promised to build 100 schools equipped with necessary teaching facilities in rural areas of other developing countries in three years. Meanwhile, China will recruit more students from developing countries and provide them with more government scholarships.

China will also step up educational assistance to those developing countries stricken by earthquake, tsunami and hurricane, he added.

But the premier acknowledged China, as the biggest developing country, faces difficulties in education for all. "There is still educational disparity between different regions and between rural and urban areas," he said.

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