More foreigners opt for Chinese education system
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WHILE many Chinese parents send their children to schools abroad under the pressure of an exam-oriented educational system, a growing number of foreigners are discovering the merits of Chinese education.
Despite the high tuitions and complicated admission procedures, Aron Ma, a Chinese-American from New York, has decided to send his two granddaughters to attend a kindergarten in Beijing in order that they can learn Chinese.
“They are the descendants of Chinese, and they should never forget that their roots are in China,” he said.
China is undergoing a historical transformation that can provide opportunities to people around the world, he added.
Similarly, a former visiting professor at Yale University surnamed Wang, who holds a US green card, came back to China with his family three years ago.
Wang’s six-year-old son finished kindergarten in Shanghai and has entered a primary school in Beijing.
Wang said traditional Chinese education can foster discipline and a sense of collectivism, and feared his child would become self-indulgent under Western education, which emphasizes freedom and individualism.
And in an post on China’s Sina microblog circulated widely among Chinese netizens earlier this year, an American father and Chinese mother wrote that they have moved to China from the US in order for their daughter get a Chinese education.
The couple wrote that the Chinese educational system is fairer than the American one, since talent selection in China is based on uniform examinations, which can effectively prevent corruption, while American education is more money-oriented, and the quality of education the children receive is largely decided by their social strata.
The article adds that China has a long history and Chinese culture is worthy of thorough understanding.
China is also seeing a growing number of higher education students choosing to study in the country.
According to Ministry of Education official Zhang Xiuqin in an interview last November, there are more than 330,000 foreign students studying in China, and this figure is expected to reach 500,000 by 2020.
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