The?Ministry?of?Education?has?set?up?a?department?to?execute?education?reform,?andestablished?offices?on?early-childhood?education,?special?education?and?continuing?educationat?the?end?of?October,?aiming?to?improve?guidance?in?these?fields.
The?new?department?is?responsible?for?major?reform?measures?in?the?education?field,?includingimplementing?reform?policies,?conducting?research?on?reform?advice,?and?publicizing?reform,according?to?a?circular?dated?Oct?28?and?published?on?the?ministry?s?website.
Education?Minister?Yuan?Guiren?said?at?a?news?conference?in?September?that?the?reform?will?beplanned?by?the?State?Council?at?first.
He?also?mentioned?increased?international?education?cooperation,?citing?examples?such?as?NewYork?University?Shanghai?campus?and?Duke?University?Kunshan?campus.
Along?with?the?new?department?on?reform,?the?ministry?also?established?offices?to?improveguidance?in?specific?education?sectors.
The?early-childhood?education?office?is?responsible?for?drafting?policy?and?regulation,?makingrequirements?upon?kindergarten?quality,?and?guiding?kindergarten?improvements.
The?special-education?office?will?formulate?the?special?needs??textbooks?during?compulsoryeducation,?draft?policy?and?regulation?and?guide?teaching?in?this?field.
The?continuing-education?office?will?administer?community?education?and?vocational?education,and?guide?the?private?technical?trainings.
Liu?Jiantong,?deputy?director?of?vocational?and?adult?education?at?the?Ministry?of?Education,said?that?establishing?an?office?in?charge?of?continuing?education?reflects?the?nation?s?attentionto?vocational?and?adult?education.
The?ministry?has?paid?a?great?deal?of?attention?to?vocational?and?continuing?education,?andmade?a?large?investment?in?2011,?Liu?added.
Speaking?at?the?18th?National?Congress?of?the?Communist?Party?of?China?on?Nov?8,?PresidentHu?Jintao?said?that?top?authorities?have?made?a?major?effort?to?develop?education,?includingpromoting?early-childhood?education?and?investing?in?vocational?and?technical?education.
Contact?the?writers?at?cheng-yingqi@chinadaily.com.cn?and?luowangshu@chinadaily.com.cn.
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(China?Daily?11/16/2012 page2)
Source: http://www.educationnews.com/2012/11/16/ministry-of-education-sets-up-new-department/
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