A Study of the Transformation of Xinjiang Higher Education Institutions from the Minority-Han Dual-Track System to the Minority-Han Unification Model

Abstract:

“Minority-Han unified education” has already made some progress in the reform and practice of higher education in Xinjiang and accumulated precious experience. But presently minority-Han unified education in Xinjiang higher education institutions is still stuck in the trial stage in which there are many Han students and few minority students and a balanced coordination of many special policies, and a minority-Han unified education model has still not formed in a true sense. On the other hand, on the whole, minority students have relatively weak ability in using the nation’s common language and their foundational knowledge and students of all ethnicities have diverse cultural backgrounds, therefore in minority-Han educational practice in the past few years there have been contrasts and conflicts between the positive hard work, enthusiasm for study, and tireless persistence of minority students and the many difficulties and less than ideal study results in practice.

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In 2014 the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Education Department issued “Several Opinions on Further Deepening Autonomous Region Undergraduate School Minority Education Reform” (“Opinions”), which proposed long-term efforts to gradually realize minority-Han unified education in undergraduate schools.

Wu, Y. 2010. Xinjiang gaoxiao minhan yitihua jiaoxue fazhan xianzhaung ji qianjing zhanwang” (Current state and future prospects for developing minority-Han unified education in Xinjiang higher education institutions). Zhongguo dianli jiaoyu [China Electric Power Education] 27:86–7.

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Zuliyati Simayi

Zuliyati Simayi is a professor in the College of Politics and Public Administration at Xinjiang University.