Higher education losing charm
The beginning of a new school year has prompted people to question the justification for high education expenses in China. A man in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has reportedly refused to send his daughter to college, although she had been admitted to one, because he believes it would be better for her to start working early, arguing that the cost of college education is at least 80,000 yuan for four years, while the girl could earn 80,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan during the same period.
Source: China Daily
URL: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2013-09/10/content_16956568.htm
Editor’s note: With the low employment rate of college graduates, many people are doubting the value of spending exorbitant sums on their children’s higher education. College education has lost its charm, and the education system in China needs reform. Otherwise, wealthy families will choose to send their children abroad for higher education and more poor families may decide not to send their children to college at all, harming their intellectual development, and setting back China’s plans to create a more highly skilled workforce.
