Universities in Xinjiang Have More Girls than Boys

Universities in Xinjiang Have More Girls than Boys
Jul 24, 2007 11:56
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: offline	The number of girls in colleges and universities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded that of boys for the first time in history, education officials said. There were 102,900 girls, or 51.62 percent of the total students in all the 31 colleges and universities in Xinjiang last year, the officials with the region's education department said. Among the total of 8,421 postgraduate students in Xinjiang, 4,292 or 50.97 percent were female. The number of female college students and postgraduates grew by 8.3 percent and 17.8 percent from the previous year, the officials added. The increased number of female students was a result of Xinjiang's smooth development of education. More farmers and herdsmen in the ethnic region sent their daughters to school as the government invested more in education. More than 99 percent of children at school age were in primary schools at the end of last year. Last year China exempted students in rural areas of western China from tuition and miscellaneous fees related to nine-year compulsory education. The exemptions will be expanded to central and eastern regions this year. The move will relieve the financial burden on 150 million rural households with school-age children, who make up nearly 80 percent of the country's primary and junior middle school students. Educational investment in rural China will total 223.5 billion yuan this year, a rise of 39.5 billion yuan year on year. So girls are more being active than boys. What do you think?

Jul 24, 2007 11:56

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The number of girls in colleges and universities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded that of boys for the first time in history, education officials said.

There were 102,900 girls, or 51.62 percent of the total students in all the 31 colleges and universities in Xinjiang last year, the officials with the region's education department said.

Among the total of 8,421 postgraduate students in Xinjiang, 4,292 or 50.97 percent were female.

The number of female college students and postgraduates grew by 8.3 percent and 17.8 percent from the previous year, the officials added.

The increased number of female students was a result of Xinjiang's smooth development of education. More farmers and herdsmen in the ethnic region sent their daughters to school as the government invested more in education.

More than 99 percent of children at school age were in primary schools at the end of last year.

Last year China exempted students in rural areas of western China from tuition and miscellaneous fees related to nine-year compulsory education. The exemptions will be expanded to central and eastern regions this year.

The move will relieve the financial burden on 150 million rural households with school-age children, who make up nearly 80 percent of the country's primary and junior middle school students.

Educational investment in rural China will total 223.5 billion yuan this year, a rise of 39.5 billion yuan year on year.
So girls are more being active than boys. What do you think?

Jul 24, 2007 19:58	#1
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Actually, not only in Xinjiang. All over China.

Jul 24, 2007 22:40	#2
KEVIN0518 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: Offline	Yes, I read another thread which said that there will be more bachelors in the future in China. Very horrible!!

Jul 25, 2007 02:12	#3
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	hehe, this phenomena is quite common in foreign language universities. Girls are much more than boys.....

Jul 25, 2007 10:31	#4
LIONPOWER Points: Join Date: Dec 11, 2006 Status: Offline	This is why, we did not getting boy interpreter in the market

Jul 25, 2007 23:17	#5
KATRINA Points: Join Date: Nov 29, 2004 Status: Offline	Lion. It is not the main reason. It is said that girls are more suitable to learn languages than boys. That is decided by their brain structure. Is that true?

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