Ministry Of Education English news | Ministry Of Education, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

The Chinese government is trying to build a "mechsm to discourage minors from studying abroad" as increasing number of residents are moving out of the country for study, South China Morning Post reported.Chinese parents are sending their children away to study at increasingly younger ages.More than 700,000 Chinese residents moved abroad to study in 2019. It was a rise of more than 6 per cent from the previous year, according to the latest data from the country's Ministry of Education.In 2020, despite the global pandemic, there was still an increase in the number of secondary-school students who took courses and exams in preparation for studying abroad.Parents are increasingly sending their children abroad for education to avoid fierce competition for school places in China.In a report issued last month by Koolearn, an online education platform used by China's largest private educational service provider, New Oriental, about 20 per cent of all those who took part in exams for overseas study last year were students at or below grade 12 level, the final year of senior secondary school from which they can go on to higher education.The Ministry of Education told a national education conference in January that it would build "a mechsm to discourage minors from studying abroad". However, the ministry did not elaborate on what this would entail. The transcript of the conference was released earlier this month.It's not the first time the ministry has expressed concern about the trend of Chinese students moving abroad. In 2016, spokeswoman Xu Mei told a press conference that the ministry didn't encourage the sending of minors abroad, believing the children were too young to live and study on their own.Xiong Bingqi, deputy director of the Shanghai-based 21st Century Education Research Institute, said that there is no immediate way to prevent families from sending their children out of the country. However, he said, China should consider reform of its education system.To discourage parents such as Dong and Jia from sending their children overseas to study, "the government needs to promote a more individualised education and change the way students are evaluated", said Xiong.He flagged another reason for children being sent away to school - China's notorious hukou, or permanent residence registration system.."Some kids don't have a local hukou in the city they live and study, so they are not allowed to take part in the city's senior high school entrance exam or national college entrance exam, and hence they choose to go abroad," he said."Since the government forbids them from studying in their city, why wouldn't they go to another country?", he added.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Ministry Of EducationFOLLOW

Ministry of education, Latest News

The Ministry of Education is deliberating on measures to increase the number of international students coming to India for higher studies. ...

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Monday announced that the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) only one time in 2021. ...

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Sunday announced that the Ministry of Education has decided to link the certificates with DigiLocker in order to ensure hassle-free access to verified Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management ...

New Delhi, March 14 The Ministry of Education has decided to link Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management System ... ...

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Sunday announced that the Ministry of Education has decided to link the certificates with DigiLocker in order to ensure hassle-free access to verified Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management ...

Raising concerns regarding the Government of India's new guidelines for holding online/virtual international conferences and seminars for educational institutes and universities, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked Prime Mini ...

New Delhi, Feb 20 The Ministry of Education wants to conduct exams for Classes 9 and 11 before ... ...

The Chinese government is trying to build a "mechanism to discourage minors from studying abroad" as increasing number of residents are moving out of the country for study, South China Morning Post reported. ...