August 25, 2005
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Going to University in China
Going To University In China
It is one thing to get good entrance examination marks and get
accepted, but can you afford to go?
Here are the basic numbers via a post at Yannan:
[translation] According to the China Youth Daily, the Jilin
Provincial Government Research Center conducted a study of students at
a senior secondary school in a rural county. 28.7% of the students
said that they were afraid of attending university, because their
family cannot afford the university fees.
According to the study by the Jilin Provincial Government Research
Center, in 2004, the average university tuition fee was 6,000 RMB, the
average room charge was 1,000 RMB and the average food expenses was
4,800 RMB. Combining the three items, university students need 11,800
RMB whereas the average net income for Jilin rural residents was
3,000.42 RMB. That is to say, each university student requires the
net income of four rural peasants.
The report emphasized that tremendous pressure from the university
tuition is the biggest reason for rural students being afraid to
attend university. But this author believes that the uncertain
earnings is the true reason for rural students not wanting to attend
university. According to economic theory, expected benefits directly
determines investment confidence. If attending university is a form
of investment, then what are the expected benefits? Of course, it is
more than a piece of paper that is a diploma; it has to be the
benefits that the student will receives after getting a job.
The data indicates that the employment situation for university
graduates are not optimistic. In 2002, the number of university
graduates was 1,450,000; in 2003, 2,120,000; in 2004, 2,800,000; in
2005, 3,400,000. With the continuous increase in the number of
graduates, the job situation is getting tougher and tougher. Not only
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