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In the fall of that year, the government demanded that the Cultural Revolution values to be taught in schools. When most schools refused to cooperate, the government announced the removal of entrance examinations for universities and ordered for the closing of senior middle schools, colleges, and universities for six months to enable the schools to adjust to the new conditions under the Cultural Revolution. These orders from the government led to a closure of all schools at all levels. Colleges and universities did not open for another three years. Mao wanted to send graduates into society, and declared that it was necessary for all intellectual students to go the countryside and be re-educated by poor or average peasants. This made students carry out manual labor in the countryside. The exile was supported by Mao's method by a Soviet idea, which stated, "The more books you read, the more stupid you become." The idea was that educational substance should be brought to a simpler level of understanding. About four millions urban graduates were transferred to the countryside. The youth faced various problems there. In the way of life, it was hard to adjust them to self-sufficiency. .
In the end, there were approximately a million college and university students who had neglected their studies; senior high school students were more than two millions. In some regions all the high school graduates were transferred to the countryside, and senior high schools closed completely. More than sixteen million students were forced to do manual labor in the countryside all over China. Few students recommenced with their studies after the revolution, however, most students' remained at high school level or below. Difference between the educational levels of China and that of the world grew with the campaign; consequently there were many problems remaining, as China was in an educational dive. .
When Deng XiaoPing came into power a few years after Mao died in 1978, a little group of farmers were initiated to grow their own crops and keep their own land.
