Gaokao opened to migrant students

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China's education system is far from perfect. The Ministry of Education is fully awareof this and has pursued reforms for many years. The recent reforms include schools using new criteria to evaluate students and migrant children being allowed to take the college entrance exam away from their hometowns. These measures are aimed at the long-criticized exam-oriented system and the unfairness of college admissions. However, China still has a long way to go before its education reform reaches satisfactory levels. This special report sheds light on the reforms in progress and more reforms to come.

                               
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No 1 Gaokao opened to migrant students

Move aimed at boosting equality in education system, officials say

Migrant students were allowed on Friday for the first time to take part in national college entrance exams away from their home regions, a move that officials say highlights efforts to boost equality in education.

                               
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Students work on their exams at the exam site of Beijing Tibet Middle School in Beijing on Friday. Zhu Xingxin / China Daily

"Although there are some strict requirements for migrant children to take the exams in Guangdong, the reform is a significant improvement in the educational system," said Guo Kaizhi, principal of Haizhu Middle School in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong.

The school has a large number of migrant students.

"According to the new rule, a growing number of students in the school will be allowed to take the gaokao after three years," Guo told China Daily.

The first batch of some 4,500 migrant students from 10 provinces and autonomous regions took the annual examination, or gaokao, which is the sole State-sanctioned way to access the nation's institutions of higher learning.

A migrant student is a person who has a registered permanent residency address, or hukou, that does not match his or her current residence.

In the past, students were allowed to attend primary and middle schools in the city where their parents worked and lived, but they had to go back to their hometowns to take the gaokao.

By the end of December, most provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions released detailed plans to reform the gaokao system for the children of migrant workers.

But in some big cities and regions, which have a large number of migrant workers, students will still need to wait some time to fully benefit from the new rules.
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