Kids met problem despite their parents' "green card"

时间：2007-09-20 01:00:45

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Chinanews, Beijing, Sept 19 – In Beijing, there is a group of children who can not take the national college entrance examination1 in the city although their parents, who came to work in the city from other places, have already obtained the permanent resident2 card issued by local government. The parents and the Beijing CPPCC municipal3 committee member have made endless efforts year after year to try to change the situation. However, so far, no progress has been made.

 

Most of these parents were introduced by Beijing government to work in Beijing as valuable talents. They were not native Beijingers. However, after they came to the city, the Beijing Municipal Human Resources Department issued them the working resident card, or the "green card", which allowed them to enjoy the same treatment as local residents4. As part of these preferential treatment, their children can go to local kindergartens or schools without having to pay the extra fees that non-natives are usually charged.

 

However, after this group of children finish their school study, they cannot take the college extrance examination in Beijing as local children do. They then face a dilemma5: they study in a Beijing school and all their academic records are kept in Beijing, but their Hukou (the permanent resident permit) follows their parents', which is actually kept in a different city. Since their academic files and their permanent resident permits are not kept in the same city, they actually can not apply to take the college entrance examination in any of the two cities. If these children cannot take the college entrance examination, they cannot get higher education, which will put them into an even more disadvantaged situation once they enter the job market in future. Worrying about their future, the parents of these children make a lot of efforts every year urging the government to do something to change the situation.

 

Recently, some of these parents wrote a letter to the Beijing Municipal Education Bureau6. In this letter, parents say that children who are deprived7 of the right to take the college entrance examination in Beijing because of their parents having no permanent resident permits, meet an unfair situation in their education, compared with local children. The parents, therefore, urge Beijing Municipal Education Bureau to give their children an equal treatment as local kids by allowing their children to take the examination in Beijing.

 

In Beijing, about 30,000 non-locals have the "green card". Every year, only about 1,000 kids, whose parents belong to this group of people, might participate in the national college entrance exam. Allowing them to take the exam in Beijing will not pose8 a big threat to the local Beijing students, some educationalists say.

 
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1 examination pn6xJ     
n.考试，考查，试题；检查，调查
参考例句：
  • Teachers always judge their students on the final examination.老师常根据期末考试来评价他们的学生。
  • He put up a good show in the final examination.他在期末考试中表现得不错。
2 resident 8Wixl     
a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的
参考例句：
  • I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
  • They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。
3 municipal vjAyD     
adj.市的，市政的；n.政府证券
参考例句：
  • The municipal authorities have kept the roads up well.市政当局把道路保养得不错。
  • The city is planning to build a municipal library.该市正计划建一座市立图书馆。
4 residents 430773153341c662da6867d207e96ae2     
n.居民( resident的名词复数 )；（旅馆的）住宿者
参考例句：
  • Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。
  • Local residents have reacted angrily to the news. 当地居民对这一消息表示愤怒。
5 dilemma Vlzzf     
n.困境，进退两难的局面
参考例句：
  • I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
  • He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。
6 bureau Fsez3     
n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署
参考例句：
  • The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
  • The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。
7 deprived deprived     
adj. 缺乏足够教育的；缺少食物的
参考例句：
  • the stunted lives of children deprived of education 未受教育的孩子所过的局限生活
  • They deprived the criminal of political rights for all his life. 他们剥夺那罪犯的终身政治权利。
8 pose 0ukyP     
vt.造成，陈述；vi.摆姿势，装腔作势；n.姿势
参考例句：
  • He sat in a relaxed pose.他轻松自如地坐着。
  • He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend.他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。

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