The Ministry of Education publicly responded for the first time, expressing support for the educational reform at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
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Date: 2011-2-27 12:05:05
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After more than three years of preparation and still not receiving the "admission permit," SUSTech made a decision at the end of last year to independently enroll students and launch its first pilot class. If the students ultimately cannot be awarded diplomas and degrees recognized by the Ministry of Education, SUSTech will issue its own diplomas and degrees. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Xu Mei, stated that the Ministry supports the exploratory efforts in educational reform by SUSTech. It is hoped that the preparatory work of SUSTech can receive more support from Guangdong Province and actively progress. The Ministry holds a positive attitude towards the establishment of SUSTech and the implementation of some reforms in higher education. However, Xu Mei did not specifically address the issue of SUSTech not receiving the admission permit.
This is the first response from the Ministry of Education regarding the issue of SUSTech after it decided to independently enroll students without obtaining the right to admit students.
SUSTech is not a directly affiliated university under the Ministry. Xu Mei pointed out that last year in the first half, the Guangdong Provincial Government and Shenzhen Municipal Government formally proposed the hope to establish such a school. Last year, the Ministry organized relevant experts to conduct an investigation and argumentation. Based on national laws and regulations, these experts conducted an in-depth investigation and evaluation of the school, and agreed with the establishment of SUSTech for preparatory work. Xu Mei stated that at the end of last year, the Ministry specially issued a notice agreeing with the preparatory work of SUSTech, hoping they clarify their positioning and development strategy, accelerate the preparatory work, and also hope that Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City increase guidance and support. It is hoped that under everyone's joint efforts, the preparatory work of SUSTech can make progress.
Even with this kind of support, the hearts of SUSTech and the public, which have been hanging for a long time, can now be slightly relieved. As is well known, one of the major problems in current higher education is the lack of autonomy in university admissions and degree conferment. What SUSTech aims to break through is precisely this situation where universities lack sufficient autonomy. Now that it has decided to independently enroll students, facing the situation where the diplomas it issues may not be recognized by relevant parties, it could be said that "what you seek is what you get, so what is there to complain about?" From the experience of China's reform and opening up, a reform that the supervisory department does not explicitly obstruct, if the right people are chosen, often yields results. However, if it encounters explicit obstruction from the supervisory department, then its short-lived fate is predictable. With the vision of the leaders of Guangdong and Shenzhen and the central economic strength, and with the network, resources, and charm of President Zhu Qing, as long as SUSTech has chosen to move forward and does not encounter undue force, its excellent vision will definitely not be just a pipe dream.
Of course, independent enrollment should be the established goal of SUSTech, which has raised the banner of higher education reform. However, the current situation seems to have come a little too early. But upon carefully examining the current state of Chinese higher education, opportunities definitely exist within it. This opportunity is evident from the praise for SUSTech's extremely difficult decision, leading to a flood of bold applicants. It can be said that before or after this point, SUSTech's decision for independent enrollment would not leave such a deep mark on the history of higher education reform in China as it does today. When college students with no employment prospects protest by tearing up their diplomas, and when graduates of prestigious universities expose one high-score-low-ability joke after another, everyone will ponder: where should the value of diplomas be reflected? Is it bad to have another set of educational evaluation mechanisms? At this moment, looking at SUSTech's seemingly rash but actually far-sighted decision, what comes to mind might be a heartfelt sigh: We've all caught up!
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