An investigation of
National Bureau
of Statistics showed that more than half of Chinese residents
think that they cannot afford the education payout for its
excessive high increase.
Currently, as a hopeful industry, education costs more and more
money of Chinese families. According to the investigation in
Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, some 54.3 percent residents
regard the speed of price increase on education is too fast, 26.6
percent residents regard it reasonable and only 13.1 percent deem
it a slow speed.
Meanwhile, as to the economic gain and talent training, 42.2
percent investigated residents consider that currently, colleges
think more of the former, 31.2 percent think that equal stresses
are laid on both sides, and 10.6 percent think colleges attach more
importance to the latter. In dealing with whether colleges should
make profits and how much they should make, 42.2 resident think
that to make a break-even between income and expenditure is well,
44.7 percent think colleges may make a little profit, only 6
percent think colleges should set their heart on earning more money
as business institutes.
According to experts, in developed countries, the basic education
is free of charge while in institutions of higher learning students
must pay for the tuition by part-time work and social funding. In
China, the students receiving higher education still cannot earn
their living while the higher education system has been turned into
paying an expensive tuition, which is a heavy burden for common
families. The families are of opinion that under the current
situation of limited national finance, colleges and universities
may collect fees to a reasonable standard that is acceptable for
most of the Chinese families.
( 10/11/2001)