Chinesische Regierung plant Neuregelungen für privaten außerschulischen Zusatzunterricht

Mit den Regulierungsmaßnahmen will die Regierung Einschränkungen für den privaten außerschulischen (digitalen) Unterricht erreichen.

Vor allem Schülerinnen und Schüler bis zur zwölften Klasse sollen damit vor exzessivem Zusatzunterricht bewahrt und entlastet werden. Als weiteren Faktor nennt die Regierung, die Kosten für Eltern zu reduzieren und damit auch langfristig gegen die sinkende Geburtenrate vorzugehen. Chinesische Eltern können es sich aktuell meist nur leisten, für ein Kind den sehr teuren privaten außerschulischen Zusatzunterricht zu finanzieren. Somit hat die Lockerung der Ein-Kind-Politik bis hin zur Drei-Kind-Politik aktuell keine Auswirkungen auf die Steigerung der Geburtenrate. Ein weiterer Effekt soll sein, den Markt besser kontrollieren zu können. Die Dienstleistungen sollen von den Anbietern kostenlos (non-profit) angeboten werden.

Eine weitere Maßnahme sieht vor, dass öffentliche Schulen Programme anbieten sollen, um Kinder arbeitender Eltern nach dem Unterricht weiter in den Schulen zu versorgen. Bei diesen Programmen wird auch außerschulischer Zusatzunterricht angeboten, so dass der Bedarf an privaten Maßnahmen automatisch reduziert wird.

Um die geplanten Maßnahmen umzusetzen und zu kontrollieren, hat das chinesische Bildungsministerium eine neue Abteilung für außerschulische Bildung eingerichtet.

Aktuell sind die berufliche Bildung und die Erwachsenenbildung von den Maßnahmen nicht betroffen.

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Die folgenden Links verweisen zu Meldungen der chinesischen und der internationalen Presse, die die Deutsche Botschaft in Peking zusammengestellt hat.

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• Die zitierten Pressemeldungen geben nicht die Meinung der Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wider. Es handelt sich um eine Zusammenstellung von gekürzten Meldungen aus chinesischen Quellen oder internationalen Quellen mit China-Bezug. Für die inhaltliche Richtigkeit der Meldungen und deren Zitierweise wird keine Gewähr übernommen.

Meldungen zusammengestellt: 2. August 2021

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Meldungen zusammengestellt: 26. Juli 2021

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Meldungen zusammengestellt: 19. Juli 2021

Ministry sets out after-school plans

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Broad education initiative unfolds in Northeast China

Around 300,000 college students will take about 1,000 high-quality courses at different colleges and universities across Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), according to a guidance they released recently. The guidance is expected to foster a new pattern of high-quality higher education in the regions, strengthening cooperation in student training, teacher employment, collaborative innovation and foreign exchanges. Local education departments will establish around 10 cooperative alliances and 30 interdisciplinary professional alliances at universities in those regions. 

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