What does migrant children mean? Give examples

Migrant children refer to students who follow their parents to work and go to school in other provinces, but do not have a household registration in the local province.

Migrant children can register for the college entrance examination in the local province, but they usually need to have a complete 3-year high school student status in the local high school as well as parents’ work certificate and residence certificate to register. Materials proving student status must be reviewed and stamped by the school where the student is located and the education administration and student status management department where the student is located.

The legal guardian’s proof of employment is usually a certificate issued by the work unit or a social security payment certificate or personal tax payment certificate of the place of residence. For self-employed individuals, it can be a business license; the proof of residence can be a residence certificate, real estate certificate or place of residence. Proof documents issued by the police station.

Improve admission policies to ensure admission opportunities. In 2016, the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Coordinating and Promoting the Integrated Reform and Development of Urban and Rural Compulsory Education in County Areas" (Guofa [2016] No. 40), which clearly proposed to reform the schooling mechanism for migrant children, strengthen the responsibilities of the local governments, and adhere to the "two "Mainly and inclusively".

Establish an enrollment policy for migrant children based mainly on their residence permit, and ensure equal access to compulsory education for migrant children in accordance with the law. The Ministry of Education requires that starting from 2021, all localities will not require parents to provide proof of family planning, over-age enrollment, and unsupervised registration at the place of residence. unnecessary proof materials will be streamlined, and qualified places will be encouraged to only rely on residence permits for enrollment.

Relevant systems

The Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Enrollment of General Colleges and Universities in 2022" Teaching [2022] No. 1: All localities must strengthen the coordination and coordination of registration policies for high school and college entrance examinations, and work together with Relevant departments will conduct thorough checks in advance and strengthen classified guidance based on different situations to ensure that qualified children of migrant workers and other non-household registered employees can take the college entrance examination locally.

For candidates who do not meet the application requirements of the place of destination due to special reasons, the admissions committee of the provincial university in the place of destination should proactively coordinate with the place of departure to handle them properly, and in principle, return to the place of departure to take the college entrance examination. It is necessary to work with relevant departments to strictly review candidates’ household registration, school status and actual school status, and severely crack down on “college entrance examination immigration”.