The main characteristics, realistic challenges and strategic countermeasures of the education problems of migrant children in China

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10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_108How to use a DOI?

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Migrant children; educational problems; realistic challenges; strategic response

Abstract

Focusing on the education of migrant children in China, this study first analyzes the main characteristics of migrant children in China in terms of number, age and gender structure, and type of migration, and finds that the number of migrant children in China has continued to grow rapidly in recent years, with male migrant children accounting for a larger proportion than female migrant children, and mainly migrating within the province. Secondly, the study provides a detailed analysis of the real challenges facing the education of migrant children in China. It mainly includes the enrollment dilemma of migrant children, such as the inability to equally enjoy the right to enter public schools. Schools for the children of migrant workers are mainly for migrant workers, and their educational conditions and teachers are significantly lower than those of public schools. For example, migrant children are unable to take the high school entrance exam and the college entrance exam in the cities where they move due to restrictions in the household registration system. The plight of migrant children's social integration, such as the discrimination that migrant children experience in their daily interactions with urban children in public schools. Finally, in view of the above problems, this study puts forward corresponding policy recommendations such as accelerating the reform of the household registration system and the reform of the financial system, scientifically planning the allocation of educational resources, and supporting social forces to set up schools for children of migrant workers.

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AU  - Zicheng Wang
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/28
TI  - The main characteristics, realistic challenges and strategic countermeasures of the education problems of migrant children in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1139
EP  - 1151
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_108
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