01. Aug 2010
Beijing to spend more on bilingual education
(Xinhua) The Chinese government has announced a drive to advance bilingual teaching by opening Chinese language classes in every school and "popularise the national common language and writing system” under its national education plan for ethnic minority groups over the next decade. It claimed that the minority groups' right to be educated in their native languages will also be respected and ensured. The national plan - 'Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020) - involves schools in minority-inhabited areas obtaining help from their counterparts in other parts of the country under a "pairing-assistance" programme.