Educational Inequality in the Minority Regions of Present Day China and Suggestions for the Government Regarding the Education Policy

Abstract

Based on the research of new educational inequality in the minority regions of present day China, this article points out the importance of educational equality principle in government s decision making and suggests that it should give top priority to ethnic minorities when distributing education resources, to develop their compulsory education and broaden their opportunities to enter into postcompulsory education by the differentiated but equal  principle. Perfect education policies and mechanism and lifelong education system are also pivotal for the attainment of the goal of educational equality.