South China Morning Post

How China’s shrinking population is reshaping its education system

China is planning to expand high school and university places while reducing class sizes in kindergartens and schools for younger students, as changing demographics fuelled by falling birth rates drive a shift in resources. The education system faces a dual challenge: fewer young children are starting school even as larger cohorts of students enter senior high school and university, a senior official said. Huang Weiru, deputy director of the social development department at the National...

By South China Morning Post

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How China’s shrinking population is reshaping its education system
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