The Education of Migrant Children in China’s Cities

doi:10.1017/9781108551830.017

16 - The Education of Migrant Children in China’s Cities

from Part III - Regional and Country Case Studies on Social Justice for Youth

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020

Donghui Zhang and

Tanja Sargent

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Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers ,

Aradhana Bela Sood and

Mark D. Weist

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Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers: Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Aradhana Bela Sood: Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mark D. Weist: Affiliation:
University of South Carolina

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Internal migration in China over the past four decades has resulted in social justice issues related to access to educational opportunity for migrant children. Major barriers persist that lead to difficulty in school enrollment, high relocation rates, and poor academic performance for migrant students in China. Barriers include the stringency of school documentation requirements, lack of preparedness for school entrance examinations, ongoing stigmatization, discrimination and marginalization, and denial of access to urban high schools. This chapter provides an overview of the Chinese rural migrant population and the restrictions they face in Chinese cities, and describes the ways in which migrant children suffer discrimination and disadvantage as a result of the household registration system as well as other forms of social and cultural marginalization. The chapter also introduces government policies enacted in an attempt to enhance equality of educational opportunity for these students.

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Migrant children China household registration system education social justice

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Information: Social Justice for Children and Young People
International Perspectives
, pp. 260 - 272

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108551830.017 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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