All primary and secondary schools across China are to be appointed supervisors by the end of the year, a move that education officials say will improve the regulation of education for children.

The Ministry of Education announced on Monday that China's 300,000 public primary and secondary schools will have a supervisor to oversee the work of staff, instruct teachers and handle complaints from parents.

He Xiuchao, an official from the ministry, said, "There are lots of problems in school education across the country, which have not been discovered or solved in time. So we are inviting supervisors into schools to help."