EDUCATION IN CHINA Speaker: Jing WANG Time: Feb. 8, 2012 BUT, the Czech Republic

SITUATION GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT Ministry of education National Education Budget (2011) Proposed RMB 1400 billion(US $158 billion),a 14% increase over 2010 Primary languageMandarin Compulsory education rate Nine-year program (6-15 years) (policy introduced in 1986),95% (2005) Literacy rate Men Women 96% 88% Education Index (UNDP) (81st in the world)

SITUATION Preschool/ Kindergarden Children aged between 3 -6 Primary EducationChildren aged between 6–12; 682,600 institutions 128million (2006) Junior SecondaryChildren aged between 12–15; 682,600 institutions 128million (2006) Senior SecondaryChildren aged between 15–18; 682,600 institutions 40 million (2006) Vocational Secondary 15–18 years 17,700 institutions 11.6 million (2001) students

SITUATION Higher Education 18–22 years approx 2,200 institutions 18.9 M. undergrads and 1.2 M. postgraduates Vocational Education 14,832 secondary vocational and technical institutions million Private post-secondary institutes 22,322 institutions. 8.8 million people Special Education1,540 special institutes, with 410,000 physically disadvantaged students,2007 International Students ,000 Chinese students studying in 103 countries and regions. 200,000 students from 188 countries and regions

TOP 10 Universities in Demostic China,2011 RankLocationNatureScore 1)Peking.BeijingComprehensive100 2)Tsinghua U.BeijingScience and Engineering ) Fudan U.ShanghaiComprehensive ) Jejiang U.HangzhouComprehensive ) Shanghai Jiaotong U. ShanghaiComprehensive ) Nanjing U.NanjingComprehensive ) Wuhan U.WuhanComprehensive ) Renmin U. of China BeijingComprehensive ) Jilin U.JilinComprehensive ) Zhongshan U. GuangzhouComprehensive33.78

Rankings of domestic China Unviersities in the World 1)No china university enters the first 100. ( US, 58; UK,9; JP, 5; Germany,5;Canada, 4; Swiss,3,Sweden, 3, France, 2; et al.) 2)Tsinghua U. Ranks before 200 th ; 3)Before 300 th, there are other 6 univerisities 4)Among the 500 top universities in the world, there are 23 domestic China Universities 5)Also 5 HK universities and 5 TW universities among the top 500.

Total Universities & Colleges Short-Cycle Colleges of Which: Tertiary Vocational- technical Colleges Total Comprehensive University Natural Sciences & Technology Agriculture Forestry18711 CLASSIFICATION

Finance & Economics Political Science & Law Physical Culture Art Ethnic Nationality Of which: Non-state/Private Colleges Medicine & Pharmacy Teacher Training Language & Literature CLASSIFICATION

Expansion of Chinese education 1) Ten years ago the MBA was virtually unknown but by 2004 there were 47,000 MBAs, trained at 62 MBA schools.MBA 2) International cooperation and education exchanges increase every year. China has more students studying abroad than any other country; since 1979, there have been 697,000 Chinese students studying in 103 countries and regions, of whom 185,000 have returned after finishing their studies. 3) Investment in education has increased in recent years 4) To ensure that students from low-income families have access to higher education, the government has initiated effective ways of assistance, with policies and measures as scholarships, work-study programs, subsidies for students with special economic difficulties, tuition reduction or exemption and state stipends

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