At China Elections and Governance, Colton Margus writes about the children of migrant workers in Beijing: According to the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), there are more than 300 migrant schools in Beijing alone. The children in these schools... ...full story at Danwei
from Danwei on Thu, Jun 25 2009
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Beijing's Disadvantaged Migrant Children »
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Also, migrant children and their education are becoming a growing concern for China. We travel to Beijing now to learn more about their situation.
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Beijing's suburbs are a far cry from the glittering city center. Many of the residents who... |
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France24: Education discrimination against children of migrant workers » Shanghaiist This report by France24 throws light on what migrant workers who are resident in big cities like Shanghai and Beijing but lack the proper hukou documents go through to put their children in school. The schools which will accept their children run outside... |
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Shanghai's education 'umbrella' » People's Daily Children of migrant workers here will have the same educational opportunities as their urban counterparts by 2010, local authorities said recently. According to the Shanghai education commission, all migrant workers' children in the city of school age... |
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Best of the China Blogs: June 24 » China Journal A daily look at what we’re reading. –Most children of migrant workers stay home. But some follow their parents to the big cities, which present a different set of challenges for them. Here, some children of migrant workers in Beijing discuss... |
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More help for migrant schools » Shanghai Daily THE Red Cross Society of China launched its first enterprise-contribution aid program for schools of migrant children in Beijing yesterday. The program, sponsored by PepsiCo China Ltd with a 1-million-yuan (US$143,102)... |
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Chinese Premier visits children of rural migrant workers » People's Daily Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has extended greetings to the "left-behind" children of rural migrant workers in cities ahead of the Children's Day, which falls on June 1. |