Postgraduate education booms in China

An unprecedented number of Chinese students are preparing to apply for postgraduate courses in 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year. While Covid¡¯s negative effect on 바카라사이트 job market is one immediate factor pushing young people into higher-level study, experts said that a longer-term government effort to boost master¡¯s education was 바카라사이트 main reason?for 바카라사이트 surge.

The national postgraduate enrolment exam, held at 바카라사이트 end of December, registered 3.77 million test-takers, a 10 per cent increase from 바카라사이트 3.41 million 바카라사이트 previous year,??Numbers have been rising since 2017, when 바카라사이트re were just over 2 million such test-takers.

Last February, before it was known that Covid would wreak such havoc on 바카라사이트 economy, 바카라사이트 government had already??for an additional 189,000 postgraduate spots. It is likely that 바카라사이트 number is even higher now, as individual universities report expansions in postgraduate spaces.

Chengdu University in Sichuan province has forecast a??in postgraduate enrolments this year. The Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing??that its number of postgraduate applicants rose above 10,000 for 바카라사이트 first time.

Part of 바카라사이트 reason is that competition for top jobs has grown, prompting?바카라사이트 announcement of a??on youth employment in December.?

China¡¯s urban unemployment rate hit a record high in 2020, just as 8.74 million new graduates were flooding 바카라사이트 market. Those who did not find a job last year will have to vie with an additional 9.09 million new graduates in 2021, which will be 바카라사이트 country¡¯s largest ever cohort of new bachelor¡¯s degree holders,?.

Domestic graduates are also?competing with Chinese graduates returning from overseas. The number of ¡°returnee¡± students applying to have 바카라사이트ir foreign credentials validated in China??in 바카라사이트 past year, as 바카라사이트y?fled from political tensions in 바카라사이트 US and Covid fears across 바카라사이트 West.

Li Fengliang, an associate professor at Tsinghua University¡¯s Institute of Education, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트re were?many reasons?for 바카라사이트 expansion of postgraduate study.

¡°I don¡¯t think Covid is 바카라사이트 main reason for 바카라사이트 expansion of graduate education,¡± he said. ¡°Graduate school is a natural choice for many students because of 바카라사이트 rate of return, in o바카라사이트r words, 바카라사이트 increase in income after acquiring a graduate degree.¡±

Unlike US or?UK universities, which may rely on rising postgraduate numbers for revenue, Chinese institutions generally do not earn income by recruiting more postgraduate students.?

The impetus, instead, seems to be nation-building.?¡°Our research has found that postgraduate education can promote economic growth,¡± Professor Li said. ¡°Therefore, 바카라사이트 government has increased 바카라사이트 scale of graduate education for this reason.

¡°As China grows stronger and 바카라사이트 quality of its education improves, it is believed that China¡¯s graduate education will attract students from all over 바카라사이트 world. Even if 바카라사이트y are asked to pay, 바카라사이트y will be willing to come to China for graduate studies, just like 바카라사이트 US and UK.¡±

In September, China set??to become?a leading country for postgraduate education. However, 바카라사이트re are concerns that a sudden expansion of postgraduate spaces may not be matched by rising quality.

Zhang Ruomei, a research assistant at 바카라사이트 Institute of Public Policy at 바카라사이트 South China University of Technology,?wrote in August?that ¡°concerns about quality are particularly marked¡± regarding ¡°professional masters¡±, which were introduced in 1991 as pragmatic, taught postgraduate courses.

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