Education News

China’s 12-year Education Plan Started Getting Public

Sources from Ministry of Education (MOE) said the 12-year education reform and development plan started receiving opinions from the public and experts via internet and other ways. The comment period began Wednesday and will end in February. It is China's first education plan in the 21st century, so will be a very complicated project involving the entire society.   A report on the draft

Over 12mln Applicants to Take Postgraduate Entrance

Totally 12.46 mln Chinese applicants will take the entrance exam for postgraduate studies this weekend, sources from Ministry of Education (MOE) said Tuesday.     The number this year is somewhat higher than the 12 million applicants who took the test last year, the MOE said.   It is said one of the reasons why there are more undergradate students applying for

A Small "United Nations" at College

From all over the world International College for Chinese Language Studies, Liaoning University has over 600 international students from over 40 countries, and is the biggest group of international students in Shenyang. Most are government-sponsored overseas students. One Chinese student kiddingly says there is a small "United Nations" on campus.    Always get surprises The int'l

educational ideological emancipation needed

State Councilor Liu Yandong has called for ideological emancipation, reform and innovation in the country's educational sector, so as to encourage the building an overall prosperous society for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.   Liu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, spoke at the annual working conference of the Ministry

UNESCO holds meeting on education of L America in

    SANTIAGO, Oct. 22  -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Wednesday kicked off a meeting in Chile, to discuss the education in Latin America.     The meeting, during which experts exchanged views on educational priorities of the continent, is a part of UNESCO's actions to help developing countries to improve their

Lajia girl school in Golog Tibetan Autonomous

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2008, shows the Lajia girls school standing under the feet of a hill in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. The girl school founded in 2005 has made more than 300 Tibetan girls fulfill their "school dream" here.   Students read books in the classroom of the Lajia girl school in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Confucius Institutes promote exchange between China

Officials and educators from China and African countries have applauded the role of Confucius Institutes, engaged in Chinese culture and language teaching abroad, in enhancing understanding and friendship between peoples of different countries. "The Confucius Institute is a bridge connecting peoples," said George Magoha, vice-chancellor of Kenya's University of Nairobi, on Oct 7. "These

New version of eye exercises for Chinese students

    BEIJING, Sept 26  --  Primary and middle school students in Beijing have started practising new eye exercises from this fall semester.     The version of the new eye exercise, based on traditional Chinese medical treatment, cancels the massaging of points which are located on both sides of the nasal bridge, to protect eyes from infection by hands.

Teaching "respectable" but "arduous" job in China

    While most Chinese describe teaching as a "respectable" job, increasingly people have become concerned with the health conditions of educators due to the great pressure and heavy workload, according to the results of surveys released here on Tuesday.     The two surveys, one soliciting 90,964 public responses and the other a poll of 51,488 teachers, were

China Anecdote: 13 years old graduate student in

                Zhang Xinyang, 13, carries mattresses to his dormitory in Beijing University of Technology in Beijing September 2, 2008. Zhang, recruited by the university as a graduate student in mathematics discipline this year, was enrolled when he was ten in Tianjin University of Technology and Education and finished

Overseas students focus on China as their destination

        Overseas students tend to massing in China as their destination for study. A total of 195,000 students from 188 countries and regions came to study at 544 Chinese universities, colleges and research institutes in 2007, said the Beijing-based newspaper. This compared with 141,000 students from 179 countries and regions in 2005.     China

China drafts 12-year guideline for education reform

    The Chinese government has started to draw up a 12-year plan on education reform and development, stressing its role in promoting economic development and technology innovation.     A report on the plan's blueprint, raised by the Ministry of Education, was approved at a meeting of the National Science and Technology Education Leading Group of the State Council

Chinese lawmaker engage to youngster education

     In recent days, Chinese lawmaker pays more attention to youngster education and engage in it. The government called for closer supervision of children using the Internet to prevent addiction.     About 10 percent of the estimated 40 million Chinese children using the Internet were addicted, said Li, secretary-general of the top legislature, in a report

American Schools embrace Mandarin

St. Martin's Episcopal School on Airline Drive in Metairie will begin the yearlong Mandarin Enrichment Program. Sixteen students in seventh through 12th grades will be selected to participate. In addition, the school plans a course in Chinese studies in January. "With emphasis on the global perspective, the Mandarin Enrichment Program and the Chinese studies elective will help the school to

China Education:Macao students, teachers join summer

    MACAO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 200 students and teachers from high schools in Macao joined a summer camp in Beijing where they will have the chance to watch the ongoing 2008 Olympic Games there, the education authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region(SAR) said on Wednesday.     The summer camp, which was co-sponsored by Macao's Education and Youth

China Education: 8.64 bln yuan to offer free

     BEIJING, Aug. 12 -- China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that it will spend 8.64 billion yuan (1.3 billion U.S. dollars) to give free textbooks to rural students this autumn.     This added the total free-textbook funds channeled from the central budget to 17.28 billion yuan this year, more than doubled compared with a year earlier, the