Chinese crackdown on English teaching affects Indian medicos
China's crackdown on unqualified medical colleges offering English courses to foreign studentshas hit a number of them.
By PTI |
BEIJING: China's crackdown on unqualified domestic medical colleges offering undergraduate courses in English language to foreign students has hit a number of them, a sizable chunk being Indians.
Under the Chinese government's recent revamp of its medical education sector, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has allowed just 30 top-grade medical institutions across China to admit foreign students from the next academic year.
The ministry says the new provisions have been formulated for the purpose of standardising the management of undergraduate medical education in English for international students in China, ensuring quality teaching and promoting the sound development of education for international students.
It is estimated that up to 10,000 Indian students, lured by cheap tuition fees (compared to that in India), may have enrolled in Chinese medical institutions since 2003. But it is quite difficult to know the exact numbers and how many are affected, sources said, noting that some were in remotely located Chinese cities.
But the MOE says that since it is the first year that it enacted the new regulation, there may a "small number" of international students who are enrolled by the medical institutions that are not in the list issued by it.
"In order not to affect the studies of those students matriculated before or in current academic year, all the institutions, including those not listed, that have accepted international students for undergraduate medical education taught in English are required to ensure high quality teaching and management according to syllabuses," Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, MOE, Liu Baoli said.
Under the Chinese government's recent revamp of its medical education sector, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has allowed just 30 top-grade medical institutions across China to admit foreign students from the next academic year.
The ministry says the new provisions have been formulated for the purpose of standardising the management of undergraduate medical education in English for international students in China, ensuring quality teaching and promoting the sound development of education for international students.
It is estimated that up to 10,000 Indian students, lured by cheap tuition fees (compared to that in India), may have enrolled in Chinese medical institutions since 2003. But it is quite difficult to know the exact numbers and how many are affected, sources said, noting that some were in remotely located Chinese cities.
But the MOE says that since it is the first year that it enacted the new regulation, there may a "small number" of international students who are enrolled by the medical institutions that are not in the list issued by it.
"In order not to affect the studies of those students matriculated before or in current academic year, all the institutions, including those not listed, that have accepted international students for undergraduate medical education taught in English are required to ensure high quality teaching and management according to syllabuses," Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, MOE, Liu Baoli said.
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