Boosting Migrants’ Education.docVIP

Boosting Migrants’ Education 　　民工子女的教育问题现在越来越受到社会关注，针对不同类型的民办民工子弟子女学校，如何采取有效措施促进其健康发展已成为当前亟待解决的问题。对于那些不健康以及不合格的民办学校，地方政府予以取缔。但由于正规学校需要暂住证以及一些合法证明，不少民工子女的教育问题仍未落实。 　　C haoyang authorities to shut down 18 privately operated schools. 　　The education authority in Beijing’s Chaoyang District said it will shut down non?government run schools for migrant workers’ children to ensure the students receive a better education. 　　“The policy will guarantee migrant workers’ children will enter public schools，” Liu Libin， deputy director of the district’s education commission. 　　“While keeping to government regulations and principles， we will also take the practical situation into consideration to ensure that all students will be transferred to public schools，” he said. 　　The commission plans to close all 18 schools that meet migrant workers’ children within the next two years， according to China National Radio. 　　Since 2006， education authorities in the capital have been tightening the management of schools for migrant workers’ children by closing those that do not meet the standards set by government. 　　As greater numbers of migrant workers have moved to large cities since the 1990s， private schools for their children sprung up in Beijing， Shanghai and other large cities because public schools refuse to admit children without a hukou， or residence permit.However， some of the schools are unsafe or simply not suitable for schooling， and they are unable to obtain the certificates to operate. 　　Over the past six years Chaoyang Education Commission cut the number of schools for migrant workers’ children from 135 schools with more than 50，000 students， to 25 schools with 11，000 students. 　　Tang Xiongfang， 38， a migrant worker from Hunan Province who now works in Beijing， said two of her three children are studying at Tongxin Shiyan， a non?government school in Chaoyang. 　　Tang said that she is sad to hear schools will close. 　　“My oldest child is 15 years old and has al