The enrollment expansion of colleges and universities refers to the educational reform policy of China (namely Chinese mainland) since 1999 to solve the economic and employment problems and expand the enrollment scale of colleges and universities. To put it simply, it is the educational reform policy of continuously expanding the enrollment scale of higher education (including undergraduate and graduate students) since 1999.
The enrollment expansion originated from the Action Plan for Revitalizing Education Facing the 2 1 Century issued by the Ministry of Education in 1999. According to the document, by 20 10, the gross enrollment rate of higher education will reach 15% of school-age youth.
After entering 2008, the Ministry of Education indicated that 1999 started the enrollment expansion too hastily and gradually controlled the enrollment expansion ratio. During the period of 1993, the national birth population was over 20 million, and the number of college graduates reached 6.9 million, with a gross enrollment rate of about 30%.
Impact:
1, improve the enrollment rate of senior high school, and let more students realize their college dreams. Going to college used to be equivalent to getting an iron rice bowl. With the rapid expansion of university enrollment and the rising enrollment rate, it is not difficult to enter ordinary universities. Now parents, students and high schools are no longer concerned about whether they can go to college, but what kind of university they go to.
2, improve the quality of the people, enhance academic qualifications, and narrow the gap with foreign education. In 2002, the total scale of higher education in China reached160,000, and the number of undergraduate and higher vocational students and graduate students in ordinary universities and adult colleges increased.
3. Realize the staged leap of educational development. China's large-scale enrollment expansion and the promotion of education development stage are measures to let more school-age young people enjoy education.
4. Postpone the time of initial employment and ease the employment pressure. Nowadays, the population is particularly large, and education can keep more people in school, reduce the number of employed people and reduce the employment pressure.