JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

System and Effects: Breakthrough the Bottlenecks of Educational

Reform in China

Author(s): Li Wei

Citation: Li Wei, (2012) "System and Effects: Breakthrough the Bottlenecks of Educational

Reform in China," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol.12, Iss. 2, pp. 129 - 136

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

The education system in China is typically government controlled, or an administration-monopolized type

of system. Instructed by such an education system and the educational philosophy behind this system,

China’s education presents two major effects in recent years. Primarily, the distributions of China’s

limited educational resources are imbalanced and not equally allocated. In addition, large amounts of

Chinese higher education graduates failed to gain employment, suggesting that graduation means to be

unemployed, which causes relative social and ideological issues. Therefore, a concensus has formed

across various groups of the Chinese society that there is an emergency need for reforms of China’s

education system and the philosophy.