THE CURRENT SITUATION OF FAMILY EDUCATION AND SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN ADMISSION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA: A SURVEY OF HANGZHOU, NINGBO AND JIAXING

Authors

  • Weijia Gao Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China
  • Yingying Ge Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China
  • Yiting Feng Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China
  • Shuqin Jiang Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China
  • Man Wu Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China
  • Yang Feng Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v7i7.3172

Keywords:

Zhejiang, China, migrant children, admission to school, family education, investigation and suggestion on the current situation

Abstract

Based on a survey of 322 parents of migrant children aged 3 to 10 in Hangzhou, Ningbo and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, the study found that nearly 70% of parents have been working in Zhejiang for 5-10 years, and 28% of them have worked for more than 10 years; 94% of them hold agricultural household registration and 6% of them hold non-agricultural household registration. Nearly 70% of these families have 2 to 3 children and 16% of them have 4 children. Those children who can get into the local public kindergartens and primary schools are all study in the local institutions and most school-aged children and the majority of pre-school children who do not meet the admission requirements for local public kindergartens and primary schools return to their hometown due to the pressure of tuition fees. At the same time, family education is not efficient, more than half of the children’s spare time is occupied by television and video games, the proportion of reading and sports activities is only a little more than 10%. Most parents have little time to read, do homework and physical exercise with their children, because of their heavy work or low level of education. This paper puts forward some relevant countermeasures and suggestions, hoping to change this situation.

 

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2020-07-06

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Vol. 7 No. 7 (2020)

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