According to Zhang Hongwei, a deputy to the National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the school system should be shortened because it is too long and delays employment, as well as delays Marriage and childbirth and enhances the aging of the population.
According to Zhang Hongwei, under normal circumstances, a child starts elementary school at the age of 7 weeks, graduates from high school at the age of 19, and graduates from university at the age of 23. If they receive postgraduate Education, they will be 26 or 27 years old when they get out of school. If you encounter employment difficulties, it is likely that you will be close to 30 years old when you find a suitable job. If she is a woman, she will not work as long as she studied according to the existing retirement rule of 55 years old. The school system is too long, which postpones employment and leads to various social problems, such as the high cost of education, which increases the burden on families; the obvious delay in marriage and childbirth, and the significant aging problem.
According to Zhang Hongwei, compressing the school system can make the Time to enter the workforce after graduating from university two years earlier. Zhang Hongwei suggested changing elementary school from a six-year system to a five-year system and high school from a three-year system to a two-year system. This would optimize the knowledge structure of China’s population, he said, while easing social pressures such as an aging population, a low fertility rate, a disappearing demographic dividend and delayed retirement.
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