Ivan Zhai, a senior executive of overseas admissions at an Ontario-based high school, said,” We could feel the strong anxiety among parents that nearly half the students ca n’t make it to an academic highschool- the common pathway to college and university.”
Studying abroad has become their lifeboat because they do n’t want to accept a career-school fate, even though it puts more strain on the family’s financial stability and causes them to worry about sending their kids abroad when they’re still young, according to Zhai.
He continued,” Many students who were unable to enroll in high school in their Chinese cities actually have very excellent academic records and would meet the entrance requirements for large schools in different nations, such as Canada.” ” We’re like giving them another chance to get in touch with reputable universities all over the world.”
In order to allow their children to attend open middle schools in their school district, Zhai added that there are becoming more and more Chinese parents in Canada who have earned university degrees and have worked hard for years.
According to Dong Shige, an expert in training and the founder of Shenzhen RDF International School,” the scheme of admitting only about half of young great graduates into high school began during the 13th five-year program and was emphasised even more during a further fifteen years ] from 2021 to 25 .” ” And the policy change is getting faster with the challenges in job hunting seen by more than nbsp, 10 million college graduates.”
Private high schools are subject to stricter regulations, but there is also more support for secret vocational schools, according to Dong.
In terms of the change in knowledge and population policy, middle-class Chinese families have not been able to keep up with the authorities, Dong continued.
Middle-class families are increasingly investing in the contest for the 50 % admission charge for public high schools in large towns like Shenzhen and Guangzhou, which results in higher monthly training budgets.
As competition and stress among adolescents increase, a white sheet on studying abroad in 2023 was published by the New Oriental Education &, Technology Group, one of China’s top secret educational services providers. It revealed that Chinese students between the ages of 15 and 17 are more willing to study abroad than they have been in the previous two years.
According to Dong,” We can see the pattern that the funds allocated to prepare for children to study abroad records for a larger share of household costs compared to previous times, amid intensifying concerns about their children failing to enroll in high school.”
For instance, some students at his school in Shenzhen shift during the semester to global institutions, which can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars annually, rivaling the university tuitions that many Chinese people will soon pay.
The original version of this article appeared on SCMP.