The education of China's migrant children: The missing link in China's education system

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 68-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Lai ◽  
Chengfang Liu ◽  
Renfu Luo ◽  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
Xiaochen Ma ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Timothy Grose

I think that we will continue to thrive as a people. And I think that our future is going to be bright. Méningche bizning millet dawamliq güllep yashnaydu. Kelgülsimiz parlaq bolidu dep oylaymen —Ilham, Xinjiang Class Graduate, Hangzhou In February 2015 the inconceivable happened. Tursun, a twenty-three-year-old Uyghur man, was placed into custody at an undisclosed detention center in China after allegedly traveling to Afghanistan to engage in global jihad. He had previously studied in the Xinjiang Class; in fact, he was only one of six students from his school in rural Khotan to be accepted into the program. In a nationally televised interview, the young Uyghur man—shackled in his chair and wearing a prison jumpsuit—spoke fondly of his days in the boarding school. The dorms were spacious, the food was delicious, and the teachers were caring, he recalled. Although he took the college entrance examination twice, his scores were not high enough to attend his university of choice. Disillusioned with China’s education system and the likely impossibility of succeeding in Xinjiang without a university degree, Tursun sought another path. While working as a laborer in Xinjiang, he met a religious man who convinced Tursun to become his pupil, or ...


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rassidy Oyeniran ◽  
Emile Uwamahoro

This paper focuses on the impacts of the reforms in Chinese educational system. Education ispart of China’s overall development and it is known that the last recent decades the wholeChinese educational system has been the subject of unprecedented reforms. The increasedimpact of educational reforms has provided significant human resources and innovation,which facilitated progress in the economic, political, cultural, and social development. Thedevelopment of China's education system has been a major factor in its economic and socialgrowth. This article aims to examine some of the effects that the reforms have generated onthe entire Chinese education system and provide guidelines for minimizing limitations andweaknesses of the education system in its reforms. Using a qualitative approach to collect thedata drawn from articles and materials, this paper aims to discuss educational reforms andhow they affect the Chinese education system by exploiting the readings related to the subject.Some progress has been achieved in the extent to which transformations are perceptible.Gains have been made through educational policies supported by good economic health foryears. Despite the progress, education seems to be the field of some contradictions and thereis a need to overcome certain shortcomings and weaknesses of educative practices that theChinese educational system is still facing. Possible solutions are proposed in conclusion andrecommendation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Snežana Vuković

Starting from basic theoretical insights into stress, the paper presents some techniques and ways of recognizing stress in migrant students, the competencies teachers need in order to work with children who are in a state of stress due to their migrant situation, and also some strategies, techniques and activities that should be implemented in the process of managing stress in migrant students in the education system. Particular emphasis is placed on the various forms of support for schools developed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. In this context the paper presents: The Professional Guidelines for the Inclusion of Refugee Students into the Education System, The Training Program for Reducing Stress in Migrant Situations through the implementation of these guidelines, as well as some results of the evaluation of the Program. In view of this, the paper highlights the importance of support for work with migrant children which the education system needs to provide to schools, and maps out some future activities that could contribute to this.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 240-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angom Ochieng Sidonia ◽  
Claeve Waiswa David

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