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China launches 2023 postgraduate enrollment plan for demobilized college student soldiers
SourceEditorWang Xinjuan Time2022-11-02 19:30:58
BEIJING, Nov. 2 -- China’s Ministry of Education recently released a postgraduate enrollment plan in 2023 customized for the demobilized college student soldiers, covering an enrollment quota of 7,261 persons. This plan is to be undertaken by 513 universities and colleges, including Beijing University, Renmin University of China, and Tsinghua University.
It is learned that China's Ministry of Education has initiated the special enrollment plan for the demobilized college student soldiers applying for postgraduate programs since 2016. After serving in the military and being demobilized, the college students who meet the requirements for the postgraduate entrance examination can enjoy various preferential policies, such as bonus points for the preliminary examination, exemption from the preliminary examination for those who have won second-class merit citations or above, and preferential admission compared with other applicants with same scores.
The original WSJ article has already been posted many times before in the breaking news thread.
This community development plan sounds really promising. Coupled with strict enforcement of 40 hour work week (+ mandatory overtime payments if it is breached), deflated housing costs, rethinking of Gaokao (so that there is smaller motivation for the test grinding), and more investment into raising the average quality of education (more focus on the regional universities and schools in less expensive districts), this might be the key to solving the demographics slump AND be better positioned to endure the inevitable aging of societies. Frankly, if these issues are solved, then China will be in an insanely good spot - "US after WW2" level of good.
I agree except the part about tests. Tests are good because it's easier for the underprivileged to perform well.
Basing admission heavily on grades will mean those who have a difficult upbringing, even if they are intelligent and hardworking, will have to endure years of working for grades, whereas a a large test can quickly determine which people truly are serious about the topic they would like to work with.
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I like the idea a lot. When I visited Kazahstan, I saw a lesser developed version of it. 4 large buildings flanking a center with a kindergarten, playground, and every ground floor was a tiny convenience shop or restaurant. Everyone knew everyone and their kids played together after dinner time. The sense of community was highly worthy of envy, but if China can max it out with an elderly care center and overall modernization of all aspects, it would truly be world-beatingly attractive to live there.
News that you would never come across in Western and majority of Wanwanese mass media.