In a recent news release, many parents of Meibao, who were busy enrolling their children, went through a bolt from the blue: the Bureau of Education issued new rules, and all pure foreign international schools were asked to raise the threshold for their status.? Students applying for a foreign passport must provide a valid Chinese visa (not a travel card) entry and exit seal. This one-size-fits-all policy has plunged many double non-Meibao families into despair: "if children do not go to their hukou, they will not be able to go to any school!"
In fact, as early as March 21 this year, the official website of the Ministry of Education of the people's Republic of China published a notice from the General Office of the Ministry of Education on the enrollment of ordinary primary and secondary schools in 2019. Among them, a new regulation has been made for the international department, the international course, and the overseas class.
Standardizing special types of enrollment
(1) compulsory education schools shall not recruit students in the name of "International Department", "International Curriculum Department", "overseas Class" and so on.
(2) to strengthen the administration of enrollment in schools for the children of foreign personnel, and students of Chinese nationality shall not be admitted.
Thus it can be seen that the policy of the relevant "international schools" is not born in the air, but has long appeared and existed, but has not yet been blown into the parental circle. And this time there is such a big fluctuation, because this time the Bureau of Education enforcement is very strict, and will cover the whole country.
First-tier cities take the lead in demonstration
Shenzhen government held a city-wide pre-school education promotion meeting at the Citizen Center on May 6. Wang Lixin, vice mayor of Shenzhen, pointed out at the meeting that Shenzhen education departments, kindergartens and schools at all levels should be strictly admitted to the customs. If the students who do not meet the requirements are allowed to study in Shenzhen, once checked, they will be seriously investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law.
Pure foreign international schools have also been informed by the Bureau of Education that students must be required to have a valid Chinese visa (non-tourist visa) entry and exit seal with a foreign passport. The simple understanding is that pure foreign international schools will only recruit foreign students, for those who apply for foreign green cards and enter the passport status of small countries. Or families who enroll as Mabel must renew their Chinese visas (non-tourist signatures) and entry and exit seals.
Source: screenshot of information provided by parents
Some of the famous international schools in Beijing, Shanghai and other places do not accept travel permits. They only accept Chinese visas to ensure that their children have withdrawn from Chinese nationality. Since China does not recognize dual nationality, applying for a Chinese visa is tantamount to renouncing Chinese nationality, while some Meibao has only a travel permit and is simply unable to apply for a Chinese visa.
proper noun
Green card: green card is a permanent residence permit for foreign citizen. Having a green card does not mean joining the nationality of the country.
Passport: passport is a necessary certificate for you to enter and leave the country. If you hold the citizen of which country you are, you must have the nationality of that country before you have a passport.
Chinese visa: the visa of the people's Republic of China is a license certificate issued by the government authorization authority of the people's Republic of China for foreigners who apply for entry, exit or transit in accordance with the law laws and regulations of the people's Republic of China.
Meibao: Meibao is a child born in the United States. Meibao generally returns to China to apply for a Chinese travel license. Only by processing a Chinese travel license can Meibao have Chinese status.
(分析研究经验做出结论) sum up
For the Meibao, who are still Shuangfei now, it is basically possible to transfer to or apply for a pure international school! In addition, the Meibao group most affected by the policies of the Bureau of Education is the students enrolled in the first grade of primary school. It is reported that next year will begin other grades of investigation, admission is also affected. The Bureau of Education received feedback that the main cleaning up was for students with American or foreign passports while retaining Chinese nationality.
In the face of the rising threshold of international schools, many parents are also looking for response policies, many parents have also asked whether their identity will be affected, it is recommended that parents personally call the school to confirm. In addition to strict requirements for student status, public, private, private and bilingual students must receive nine years of compulsory education. Parents who want to send their children to international schools can only find another way out.