CHINA: Ministry issues list excluding new college

While many of China's universities are advertising to attract attention from college candidates ahead of the annual college entrance examination in June, one university is noticeably absent from a list of colleges approved to recruit students, reports English.Eastday.com.

The list, published by the Ministry of Education, covers 820 colleges and universities across China. It excludes Shenzhen's South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), meaning that the school will be unable to recruit students through the national entrance examination. SUSTC is widely regarded as a trailblazer for educational reform.

"In fact, we don't want to be on the list," said a staff member who wished to remain anonymous. "To be on that list means the Ministry of Education guarantees that each student who graduates from those colleges and universities is qualified. If that is the case, why do so many Chinese parents want to send their children overseas?"
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