Social policy in China
The BBC report excerpted here is about a policy initiative from Beijing that is part of a larger plan to fight rural poverty.I'd ask my students to address these questions:
- What problems are being addressed by the new policy?
- How is the new policy supposed to resolve or alleviate the problems?
- What are the causes of the problems?
- Why should we be skeptical about the likelihood that these policies will be sucessful?
- Can you find any evidence of similar efforts in other countries?
China ends school fees for 150m
"China is to abolish tuition and other fees for 150 million rural students, in a bid to narrow the gap between wealthy coastal provinces and poorer regions...
"The move to end fees follows increasing concern at a growing gap between the rich coastal provinces and poor interior, and at unrest in the countryside.
"The authorities have promised more money and fresh policies to ease the problems, as part of what is officially billed as building a 'harmonious society'.
"But many people in rural areas are still living on less than a dollar a day, and rural schooling is seen to lag well behind.
"Rural unrest, often blamed on illegal land grabs, is also a growing problem..."
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:34 AM
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