Students in lurch as school is shut
By Liang Yiwen |
August 31, 2011, Wednesday
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AN unlicensed primary school for the children of migrant workers in Beijing has been shut down, leaving at least 200 students in the lurch before the new school year starts tomorrow, Beijing News reported yesterday.
Parents of children enrolled at Baolu Primary School, in suburban Zhangjiawan Town, told the newspaper they have been asked to pay sponsorship fees when applying for their children to attend a replacement school.
In addition, parents must possess papers that include a residence permit and proof of employment, and students must pass tests in Chinese, maths and English to win entrance.
Unlicensed Baolu Primary School was among a batch of schools shut down in Beijing's latest campaign to crack down on substandard facilities.
The education authorities say the school used dilapidated buildings and school buses failed to pass the annual safety check.
The closed school has about 370 students - 240 of them live in Zhangjiawan Town. The town government said migrant children living in the town will be transferred to another public school, Luxinzhuang Primary.
However, according to a parent surnamed Yue, this school insists parents pay sponsorship fees ranging between 3,000 yuan (US$470) to 10,000 yuan. Her claims were supported by other parents, the newspaper said.
Moreover, the parents of only 40 of the 240 children can meet the strict qualification requirement. Their children are then allowed to take the entrance exam. However, there have been complaints the school has increased the difficulty of the test to prevent them passing.
"The exam is too difficult," said a mother surnamed Cao. "Only 10 (out of 40) children passed the exam."
Beijing News contacted the town government and an official surnamed Ma said the parental qualifications are required to study in the public school.
She advised parents to work hard for the required certificates to win a place for their children.
Ma denied accusations the school deliberately made tests for migrant children more difficult. "The unlicensed school used different textbooks," Ma said.
"That is why students felt the public school test was difficult." Ma also denied there was a requirement to pay sponsorship fees.
A licensed migrant school, Yuehe Primary, seeking to move to the town to compensate for the lost places was refused permission because the town government had no plans to build schools for migrants, according to its principal, surnamed Li.
Ma said this school was blocked because it planned to rent a former clothing factory which has safety problems.
Parents of children enrolled at Baolu Primary School, in suburban Zhangjiawan Town, told the newspaper they have been asked to pay sponsorship fees when applying for their children to attend a replacement school.
In addition, parents must possess papers that include a residence permit and proof of employment, and students must pass tests in Chinese, maths and English to win entrance.
Unlicensed Baolu Primary School was among a batch of schools shut down in Beijing's latest campaign to crack down on substandard facilities.
The education authorities say the school used dilapidated buildings and school buses failed to pass the annual safety check.
The closed school has about 370 students - 240 of them live in Zhangjiawan Town. The town government said migrant children living in the town will be transferred to another public school, Luxinzhuang Primary.
However, according to a parent surnamed Yue, this school insists parents pay sponsorship fees ranging between 3,000 yuan (US$470) to 10,000 yuan. Her claims were supported by other parents, the newspaper said.
Moreover, the parents of only 40 of the 240 children can meet the strict qualification requirement. Their children are then allowed to take the entrance exam. However, there have been complaints the school has increased the difficulty of the test to prevent them passing.
"The exam is too difficult," said a mother surnamed Cao. "Only 10 (out of 40) children passed the exam."
Beijing News contacted the town government and an official surnamed Ma said the parental qualifications are required to study in the public school.
She advised parents to work hard for the required certificates to win a place for their children.
Ma denied accusations the school deliberately made tests for migrant children more difficult. "The unlicensed school used different textbooks," Ma said.
"That is why students felt the public school test was difficult." Ma also denied there was a requirement to pay sponsorship fees.
A licensed migrant school, Yuehe Primary, seeking to move to the town to compensate for the lost places was refused permission because the town government had no plans to build schools for migrants, according to its principal, surnamed Li.
Ma said this school was blocked because it planned to rent a former clothing factory which has safety problems.
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