Challenges of Reform

The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE)
dictates how almost every facet of China s
educational system is administered. As early as
primary school, students are forced to become locked
in intense competition, battle hordes of
examinations, cope with insufferable pressure, and
abandon childhood. Inequity between urban and rural
education is spiraling out of control. Cries for
change to a more quality education that will
relieve the students burden are in the air, but they
are being met with fierce resistance by those who
claim NCEE meritocracy provides their only hope.

Many people are cognizant of the serious problems
facing China s educational system, but very few seem
able to describe how they can be resolved. This paper
will set-up and bring-down the most difficult and
unsolvable problems of Chinese education. New and
original ideas are going to be injected to replace
the shortsighted and misguided suggestions currently
proffered, and these ideas will explain exactly how
China can create an educational system that will
benefit all students equally.

Autorentext

Adam J. Sichta holds a Master's Degree in International Studies with a contemporary China focus. He has twice been awarded a teaching fellowship to work at a rural experimental school in Hunan province, and is currently lecturing the nation's top students at the University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute.

Klappentext

The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE)dictates how almost every facet of China'seducational system is administered. As early asprimary school, students are forced to become lockedin intense competition, battle hordes ofexaminations, cope with insufferable pressure, andabandon childhood. Inequity between urban and ruraleducation is spiraling out of control. Cries forchange to a more "quality education" that willrelieve the students' burden are in the air, but theyare being met with fierce resistance by those whoclaim NCEE meritocracy provides their only hope.Many people are cognizant of the serious problemsfacing China's educational system, but very few seemable to describe how they can be resolved. This paperwill set-up and bring-down the most difficult andunsolvable problems of Chinese education. New andoriginal ideas are going to be injected to replacethe shortsighted and misguided suggestions currentlyproffered, and these ideas will explain exactly howChina can create an educational system that willbenefit all students equally.