The Trader
- 2015-12-28
The Chinese education is truly splitting into two directions, although the break doesn't necessarily mean schooling is changing in any way much which the poster T has well indicated with the nation's history.
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Caring
- 2015-12-28
The Chinese education is truly splitting into two directions, although the break doesn't necessarily mean schooling is changing in any way much which the poster T has well indicated with the nation's history.
The private education sector in the People's Republic is visible in two areas; private centers and public schools. This division has not been well addressed in the article, or perhaps I have not read it well enough since I am currently too busy. In any case, the local public such as primary or secondary schools, which are privately owned, are to look out for, since they provide an adjusted system which is more open although still test driven.
No matter what is offered in this nation in the sense of education, it is not much different from what the western schooling system has to show for. How the Chinese society grooms itself to fit into the real world will be interesting to see in years to come.
A few excerpts:
The Lin family is one of many affluent Chinese families turning their backs on traditional Chinese education. A growing number want more from their child’s school, an alternative, more Western approach which they believe will help their kids develop their creativity. And they’re willing to pay.
Asia-focused brokerage and investment firm, CLSA, estimates the private education market in China is now worth more than rq yuan ($315m). The broker also expects enrolment in international schools, which are all private, to grow 14% annually through 2018.
[...] the percentage of private schools in China has risen to 10% from 3% less than a decade ago.
“The education system today ignores personality development, values, and social responsibilities. This is [the] cause of great problems for our country,” said Yang Dongping, an education expert at the Beijing Institute of Technology and the dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute.
“It’s very difficult to move mindsets from an exam-orientated education, to one where personality is also accounted for,” Yang said.
In response, private classes are springing up across China, not just in the urban hubs, to fill a widening gap between the new middle class’ expectations of a good education and what Chinese public schools can offer.