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Less mechanical, more emotional: Calls for sex education improvements. Again.
The sex education debate continues to simmer with calls for a more rounded curriculum that may help reduce teenage pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Mandarin Promotion Week highlights language standardisation effort
While Mandarin (Putonghua) is the language learned by almost all foreign students of “Chinese”, the mainland plays host to dozens of
Decision makers plot direction of China’s education sector
`Having just concluded their 2009 sessions, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) represent China’s most important series of meetings, discussions and decisions on the future direction of the country. These meetings are attended by top politicians, thought leaders and influencers, and are intended to canvass the views of a [...]
Premier Wen chats online, discusses education topics
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao participated in an unprecedented live Internet question and answer session with the public via
MoE clarifies its position on MBA admission policies
As discussed previously at The China Education Blog, there were reports on February 23 that newly-funded MBA places in China would, for the first time, be open to graduates with no work experience. The announcement caused concern among education insiders (both blogging publicly and discussing privately), prompting the Ministry of Education to
Tight job market forces governments to provide more opportunities
In a sign of tough economic times, recent graduates with no work experience will be permitted to apply for China-based Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degrees. Typically, MBA programs have been restricted to applicants with at least two or three years’ work experience.**
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Policy insider suggests abolishing high school entrance exams
As we have covered previously, students in China experience significant study pressure. Gaining entry to a reputable senior high school is seen to pave a child’s path to a good university, itself critical to achieve or sustain the family’s societal and financial goals. This places significant pressure on children to excel in the country’s senior high school entrance examinations.
With the [...]
China seeks to lower pressure on young students, but will it work?
Municipal governments’ latest efforts to reduce the study pressure placed on the nation’s youngest students comes in the wake of a tragic suspected suicide of an 11-year old girl in Shanghai, who fell to her death from a school window on the first day of semester. Pressure within classrooms and at home are major psychological [...]
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