The National Plan for Medium- and Long-term Education Reform and Development set ambitious achievement targets for primary and secondary education. Local governments are also taking action to tackle disparities in education access. Shenzhen has waived school fees and Shanghai has offered legal status and funding for migrant children. Additionally, the Chinese government passed the Compulsory Education Law in to galvanize local reform, prompting cities such as Wuhan to develop policies that allow migrant children living in urban areas to attend local schools without the requisite urban hukou.
At present, however, the quality of Chinese universities lags behind that of other countries. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings , a widely respected London-based university measure, includes only two Chinese institutions among the top universities worldwide. Peking and Qinghua universities place 29th and 25th respectively, among the tertiary institutions featured in the world ranking.
By comparison, the study found that the United States is home to fifteen of the top twenty universities in the world. University rankings released by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy also reflect this division.
Peking University does not publicize its admission rates, but applicants from Beijing are believed to have a 0. In the United Kingdom, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge have acceptance rates over 17 percent. The structure of the national admissions process further compounds this disparity.
Every year, universities set quotas for how many applicants may be admitted from each province. Consequently, students from rural or lower-income Chinese provinces must often score significantly higher on the gaokao than their counterparts with urban hukou in order to be admitted into the same institution.
China and India supply almost half of Chinese universities are generally understood to be divided into four tiers , with Tier 1 encompassing universities designated to receive substantial central government funding to develop China as a world-class research center. A high number of Tier-1 institutions are concentrated in wealthy municipalities and provinces, which earmarks them for more government funding than their lower-ranking counterparts.
Specifically, five of the top ten universities in China are located in Beijing and Shanghai. A similar trend surfaces when comparing countries across the globe. Highly developed countries in North America and Western Europe have tertiary enrollment rates averaging around 75 percent.
Conversely, in developing regions in Central Asia , just over a quarter of the population attains tertiary education. Many of those who attend Chinese universities pursue degrees in science and engineering fields. Confucianism probably is the biggest influence in history of education in China. Project and Project is the Chinese government's new endeavor aimed at strengthening about universities and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century.
Project is a constructive project for founding world-class universities in the 21st century. Nine-Year Compulsory Education in China. Nine-year compulsory education policy in China enables students over six years old nationwide to have free education at both primary schools grade 1 to 6 and junior secondary schools grade 7 to 9.
The policy is funded by government, tuition is free. Schools still charge miscellaneous fees. Senior secondary school grade 10 to 12 and college education are not compulsory and free in China.
Pre-school Education in China Pre-school education is an important component of education cause in China. In urban areas, it is mainly kindergartens of 3 years, two years or one year which could be full time part-time, boarding or hour-reckoned.
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