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https://doi.org/10.14943/b.edu.138.375

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/82163

Institutional reason for inequality of senior high school education opportunity for children of migrant workers in China : focusing on senior high school entrance exam of Guangzhou

日本語

Guangzhou

2021-06-25

Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University

Bulletin of Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University

138

375-406

　This paper focuses on the senior high school entrance exam of children of migrant workers in Guangzhou, which is one of the largest cities in China. Over the last few decades, economic growth in China has maintained a high demand for labor so that migrant workers rush to large cities. Due to the household registration system, children of migrant workers are generally not allowed to enroll in the public schools. In recent years, the government has taken measures to ensure the right to compulsory education of migrant children. However, it’s still difficult for them to meet the conditions of taking senior high school entrance exam, so they are forced to return to their original residency after junior high school, living without their parents. This paper analyzes the reasons why migrant children cannot have the equal opportunity of senior high school education, through the research materials and telephone interview of the officials of Guangzhou Education Department. Firstly, the responsibilities of central government and local government are ambiguous, causing arbitrariness and uncertainty of the policy. Therefore, local government which has weak financial base has little incentive to improve the quality of education of migrant children. Besides, the opportunity of education is used to control or adjust the population structure instead of household registration system.

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