CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Zhou, Naiyuan |
|---|---|
| Title | Rural Education in the Time of Urbanization: The Policy and the Problems in China 2000-2015 |
| Summary | China’s post 1978 Reform and Opening Up emphasis on industrialization and urbanization has resulted in a shift from traditional agriculture-based economy to a modern industrial economic structure. The urbanization has been not only triggering social problems in the urban areas, but also in rural: deserted villages, decline in agriculture, and “left-behind” children are ones of the serious problems rural China has been facing in the recent years. One of the key issues in rural development is education. In China, although the overall gross enrolment ratio is high compared to other developing countries, a large urban-rural disparity exists despite the national effort in enforcing universal nine-year compulsory education. Rural schooling still has disadvantages both in terms of quantity and quality compared to urban areas. This research examines the nature and the problems of the current rural education policy in China in 2000-2015 compared to its urban counterpart by conducting data analysis. Further it provides description and analysis of the past or ongoing policies related to rural education, including educational, social and economic policies and their positive and negative impacts on the promotion of rural education, and explores the objectives behind the overarching policy, especially within the scope of the general goal of urbanization and modernization. Finally, it offers policy recommendations on how China could improve rural education at both practical level and broader policy level. |
| Supervisor | Cartwright, Andrew. Pareja-Alcaraz, Pablo. |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/zhou_naiyuan.pdf |
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