The Future and Challenge of The Chinese Lifelong Learning

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The Future and Challenge of The Chinese Lifelong
Learning

• Régina HUANG, School of Business, ECUST

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Background Information

• In the developed countries, skilled workers count
  50-75 among labour workers.
• Among the labour workers, 70.0 dont have
  qualifications, skilled workers only count 25.5,
  advanced skilled workers / technicians count 2.3
  among rural labours.

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1. Economic Re-structuring

• Labour Law, Green GDP and sustainable development
• Young rural labours would get a professional
  skill to get a job in a city
• Learning ability to the new technology
• Information
• where to get?
• who can offer help?

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School Education Face to Challenges

• Theory vs. Practise
• Career planning vs. Social skills
• Global perspective vs. Local experiences

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Chinese Traditional Education Concept Should Be
Changed

• Getting degree from a university is the learning
  objective
• Higher education means better job, no one wants
  to go to vocational school/college
• Vocational school 1,5000
• College 1100
• Once graduated, no more studying

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Education Faces to Workforce from Rural Areas

• Rural labours have reached 230 million in 2009
• Construction workers / interior decoration
  workers
• Factory workers and other labour workers
• Housekeeping
• Longterm healthcare workers

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Policy and Financial Supports

• Government (as main body)
• Enterprises - CSR
• NGO - Charity
• Global Networking

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• Q A
• Contact Regina HuangSchool of Business,
  ECUSTreginahecust_at_gmail.com