There are 200
million migrants in China who cannot receive a permanent residence or
hukou. Although many migrants are
residents of China, they cannot receive a permanent residence. China’s hukou
system was established in 1958 to control the migration in the country. If a
child of a migrant is born anywhere else their hukou is depended on where their
parents were born. Many migrants have
lived in China for generation yet they still cannot receive full residence.
Many migrant’s children often run into problems when they have to take the
gaokao or the country’s exam to get into higher education. Many migrants are upset because their
children or the entire family will have to leave China in order for their
children to get an education thus leaving many parents to never see their
children again or causing the parents to lose their jobs because they have to
move back home. When children go back “home” to take the test the material is a
lot different than what they learned in China.
I believe that
this is a global problem because this is inequality. This is a problem because
although many of these children are born in China they cannot get full
residence because of where their parents were born. Migrants
are discriminated against and are treated like second class citizen even though
they work and do the jobs that many Chinese people do not want to do. Many schools have been closed down for
migrant children making it impossible for student to be prepared for the
gaokao. Many families cannot afford to
travel back home for their child(s) to get an education because it cost too
much and they are torn between letting their child(s) go back to their homeland
or the whole family moving. This should
not be a decision that anyone has to make.
I believe that China is purposely making it hard for foreign children to
get an education to compete with their students.
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