Kenya scholar: Chinese university education is worth learning from

Kenya's "Star" website on June 12, original topic: Data from the Ministry of Education of China Education with Chinese characteristics show that the number of people who register for the college entrance examination this year reached 11.93 million, an increase of 1.15 million year -on -year. This number was only 1.64 million in 1977. From 2012 to 2021, the gross enrollment rate of higher education in China increased from 30%to 57.8%.

According to the report released by Baidu and China Education Online on May 31, in the previous 30 days, the search popularity of the "college entrance examination" increased by 93%year -on -year. The report also focuses on the ideal university majors and favorite universities of candidates. Among them, artificial intelligence ranks first in the top ten popular majors, followed by mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and automation, big data technology, etc. Artificial intelligence has become the most popular major for 3 consecutive years. Perhaps it is promoted by the increasing awareness of public health management, and biomedical engineering and health services and management are also among the most popular majors.

(Chinese Ministry of Education, said) In the past 10 years, more than 10,000 top talents in China have chosen to study basic disciplines. China's colleges and universities have contributed key technologies in key areas such as high -speed rail systems, nuclear power, biological breeding, vaccine research and development, and national defense. They also actively participate in the research and development of supercomputers, Beidou satellite navigation systems and Shenzhou series spacecraft.

Today, China has the largest science and technology talent pool in the world. The changes in the college entrance examination have also become a microcosm of China's development in half a century. The above report also found that in the past 10 years, the popularity of comprehensive universities has decreased, and the popularity of science and engineering and normal colleges has increased.

Data show that China has established the world's largest higher education system, and the population of higher education has reached 240 million. At present, the total number of higher education is more than 44.3 million.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a total of 265 new majors have been included in China's undergraduate professional catalog. China has added 17,000 new undergraduate majors to make talent training more adaptable to new technologies, new industries and new formats. China is leading the world innovation and entrepreneurial education. Chinese universities have launched more than 30,000 special courses for innovation and entrepreneurship education, more than 11,000 online open courses, and employed 174,000 innovative entrepreneurship and part -time teachers.

The capabilities of Chinese colleges and universities have continued to enhance the ability of major national strategic services. They won more than 60 % of the science and technology awards in China. In addition, they also undertake more than 60%of the national basic research tasks in China and more than 80%of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Obviously, Chinese universities are redefining the role of higher education in the world. For developing countries that want to make the education system more adaptable to their own development needs, China's experience is worth learning from. (The author is the executive director of the Kenya South -South Dialogue Think Tank, Stephen Endigwa, Ding Yuqing)

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