2026-11-12
In its 2026 budget document, Yan'an University proposed measures to resolve its financial distress. With a sharp decline in the proportion of fiscal appropriations, the university has begun to assign revenue generation and funding targets to ordinary teachers.
2026-11-12
Universities are requiring retroactive audits of corporate participation in teaching and graduation projects over the past three years, triggering a survival crisis for faculty unable to trace records or meet the indicators.
2026-11-11
A PPT from the Southeast University Medical School circulating online shows that out of 236 freshmen enrolled, only 133 remain, a dropout rate of 43.6%. In Medical Imaging, 6 out of 21 remain, and in the 5+3 integrated clinical program, 39 out of 86 students transferred out. Some students claim that in their freshman year, the class size dropped from over 30 to 14.
2026-11-05
On November 5, The Paper reported that universities including Jiangnan University, Heilongjiang University, Wenzhou University, and Northeast Forestry University have introduced AI classroom patrol systems to monitor attendance rates and student engagement (head-up rates). Jiangnan University's system covers 462 classrooms, has analyzed over 120,000 class hours, and automatically sends alerts for abnormal classroom situations, while Southern Medical University uses AI to grade classes.
2026-10-26
The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun. 15 central inspection teams have been stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 universities under central administration, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, to conduct inspections, receiving reports from the public until December 21.
2026-10-24
The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun, with teams stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 centrally administered universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University.
2026-10-14
On October 14, a university teacher posted on a social platform, saying that what he teaches students is knowledge that is years behind, mocking himself as "a product of the previous industrial revolution teaching knowledge from the era of industrial Cthulhu," and feeling powerless for his students. The post received 857,000 likes and 157,000 reposts.
2026-10-11
On October 11, according to domestic media reports, a member of the parent committee at Siji School in Jinwan District, Zhuhai, proposed in a group chat that parents take turns going to the school to supervise students' midday rest, claiming the move was intended to allow teachers to rest better.
2026-10-02
According to a report by The Washington Post on October 2, China's Ministry of Education recently stated that it expects all schools to offer AI education before 2030, establishing an AI literacy system covering all educational stages and society as a whole.
2026-09-29
On September 29, the Beijing Institute of Technology announced that faculty member Pei Yi had seriously violated professional conduct standards for teachers, revoking his qualification as a graduate supervisor and terminating his employment. Pei Yi had previously sparked controversy over remarks made in class discussing feminism and noting that all members of the Politburo Standing Committee are male.
2026-09-29
According to a September 29 report by the Chinese edition of The New York Times, China will include Jane Eyre in the ninth-grade Chinese "whole-book reading" list this autumn, and ninth-graders across the country are required to read it in full. State media said it helps foster a positive outlook on life and understand equality and an independent personality in love.
7月22日
A netizen shared a video of two elderly people fighting over cardboard boxes, sparking sighs in the comments section about social involution. Some netizens pointed out that given the involution and food safety issues in China, many people might not even live long enough to reach the age of fighting over cardboard boxes.
2026-09-23
Ministry of Education spokesperson and Vice Minister Wang Guangyan announced that China has built the world's largest and highest-quality education system, with 270 million people having received higher education.
2026-09-21
The Ministry of Education released the "Management Measures for Primary and Secondary School Leadership Personnel," stipulating that having taught in rural and weak schools for more than 3 years will be a priority condition for the selection of school leaders, and encouraging leaders of quality urban schools to exchange, take up posts, and study in rural schools.
2026-09-14
According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education compiled by Yicai, among full-time primary and secondary school teachers nationwide, 5,910 hold a doctoral degree and 855,634 hold a master's degree, totaling more than 860,000; on September 14, the topic "Over 860,000 Master's and Doctoral Degree Holders Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools" trended on Weibo's hot search.
2026-09-11
On September 11, netizens released the ninth-grade first-semester "Morality and Rule of Law" textbook compiled by the Ministry of Education, which requires students to arm their minds with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It also quotes "A household with a thousand mouths is led by one person" and emphasizes the maintenance of Xi Jinping's core position, sparking public attention.
2026-09-12
Affected by the decline in the birth population and the concentration of population in urban areas, the number of primary schools in China has rapidly decreased. Data from the Ministry of Education shows that the number of regular primary schools nationwide has decreased by about 29,700 in five years. Many places have begun to revitalize and utilize idle rural primary and secondary school buildings, converting them into facilities such as elderly care service centers, highlighting the background of accelerating low birth rates and aging population.
2026-09-09
On September 9, AI designer Mihrolla released a surrealist video, using metaphor to showcase the academic burden and ideological constraints in Chinese education.
2026-09-09
The new edition of the Grade 5 first-semester 'Morality and Rule of Law' textbook, revised according to the 2022 curriculum standards, has been released, covering political indoctrination such as the history of the CPC, socialist propaganda, and the core status of Xi Jinping.
2026-09-09
On September 9, a netizen posted photos of a revised edition of the fifth-grade first-semester elementary school textbook “Morality and the Rule of Law,” updated in line with the 2022 version of the curriculum standards. Its four units revolve around the history of the Chinese Communist Party, socialist construction, reform and opening up, and the “New Era,” containing statements such as “Only socialism can save China,” and explicitly stating that Xi Jinping has established “the core position of the Party Central Committee and the core position of the whole Party.”
2026-09-07
China University of Petroleum: You're Mom If You Play Games
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, primary and secondary school teachers in various regions posted on social media to complain about schools disguisedly forcing donations. Quotas were assigned based on senior teacher rank or permanent staff status, with requirements to post screenshots of the donations in work groups, triggering strong resentment.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, Tang Jiafeng, a famous postgraduate entrance exam math tutor, publicly declared that English is merely a tool, calling for an end to English's status as a core course in basic education and an end to the worship of foreign things, sparking fierce public controversy over education reform.
2026-09-03
A plan by Zizhuang Primary School in Yongchuan, Chongqing, to charge students a tray-cleaning fee of 45 yuan per semester has sparked controversy. On September 3, 2026, the Yongchuan District Education Commission announced that the charge was non-compliant and ordered the school to stop it immediately.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, a parent exposed the schedule of the high school division of Haikou City No. 4 Middle School, which shows that the school forces students to collectively watch a half-hour broadcast of Xinwen Lianbo during the evening self-study period, sparking public discussion.
2026-09-01
In Huazhou, Guangdong, a large number of students' parents gathered at the school gate to protest after some students were required to transfer to other campuses, and clashed with police.
2026-09
Police told Enxu that Li Zheng was being detained on suspicion of organized crime; the report also stated that Li Zheng's network of schools was still registering companies and promoting new schools.
2026-09
Beijing No. 18 Middle School recently replaced its principal with one from Shandong along with a number of teachers, sparking dissatisfaction over their poor Mandarin, low teaching quality, and an open letter from the principal criticizing students; subsequently, the principal was exposed as allegedly having a prior rape record, leading to collective student protests.
2026-09
According to Ministry of Education data disclosed by Yicai, the number of primary school students in China in 2025 fell by more than 4.06 million compared with 2024, ordinary primary schools decreased by 8,000, an average of nearly 22 closing every day; over the past 5 years the total number of ordinary primary schools has fallen by 30,000.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, some kindergartens in Hong Kong had young children perform Chinese-style marching drills to raise the flag at their opening ceremonies, and the Education Bureau disclosed that it had held 40 flag-raising workshops for more than 1,000 kindergarten teachers across Hong Kong to strengthen patriotic identity.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, the new autumn edition of the fifth-grade primary school textbook Morality and Rule of Law was put into use. Unit 1 was changed from daily life to "Without the Chinese Communist Party There Would Be No New China," with party history and political ideology content substantially increased.
2026-09
A teacher at Tongling No. 1 High School in Anhui, Anhui Province, posted a complaint saying that in addition to regular teaching they must constantly take part in teaching-research activities, write study reflections, work on papers and research projects, and set exam questions, saying: "Why can't work just be teaching? I'm so miserable, I want to escape all of this."
2026-08-28
Hong Kong's Education Bureau announced a series of student mainland exchange programs themed on the "90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March" for the new school year, arranging for students to visit relevant memorial sites and participate in themed activities.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Hong Kong Education Bureau sent a circular to all primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong, launching a student mainland exchange program for the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory, organizing students to visit Zunyi and other places to enhance their sense of identity.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, Aite Qidi Yulongwan Kindergarten in Laiyang, Shandong issued a report stating that family members of 3 students forcibly entered the teaching area and beat the kindergarten director and teachers, causing injuries, and that the kindergarten is cooperating in pursuing legal responsibility against the attackers.
Location: Yantai, Shandong ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-07-10
First-year high school students at Anlu No. 1 High School in Hubei Province staged a collective strike to protest the school's decision to cut their original 20-day summer vacation down to just 5 days. Chanting slogans such as "Against centralization, advocate equality" and "Return our 20-day summer vacation," they ultimately forced the school administration to compromise and restore the long break.
2026-07
The Chinese Communist Party's Ministry of Education released the 2025 national education statistics bulletin, showing that the number of kindergartens nationwide fell by 24,100 in one year, a drop of 8.45%, while enrollment fell by 3.58 million children.
2026-06
Blogger Shiju Insight posted in June this year that some university technician classes failed to recruit enough students and in the end had to hold classes together with ordinary classes starting from junior high school graduates; the teachers' lecturing pace was extremely slow and the content extremely shallow, and high-end skills training turned into a big pot of stew for just killing time.
2026-06-01
A university teacher submitted a post arguing that engineering education accreditation, while wearing a non-governmental mask, is actually an administrative directive that reduces engineering universities to formalistic administrative performances, resulting in the 'high schoolization of universities'.
2026-02-27
The Ministry of Education issued a document mentioning that Shanghai is implementing the "Construction Standards for Ideological and Political Courses in Universities," requiring private universities to establish the awareness that "the School of Marxism is the primary school" and "ideological and political courses are the primary courses," and to fulfill their primary responsibility for the construction of ideological and political courses. Public data shows that the number of Schools of Marxism in universities nationwide has expanded 18-fold over twelve years (2012 to 2024).
2025
Data from the Ministry of Education shows that fresh graduates in 2025 will reach 12.22 million, with more than half entering the flexible employment sector.
2024-09
Online reports claim that China has begun implanting chips into student school uniforms for location tracking and surveillance.
2024-06-13
Netizens submitted records of extreme point deductions at Hengshui No.2 High School, showing that students were frequently penalized for everyday details such as holding books incorrectly, using the restroom at night, not lying down properly while sleeping, and even laughing or combing hair.
2010
Henan examinee Li Mengmeng scored 565, 13 points above the first-tier cutoff, but her paper application form never entered the admission process and was forgotten in the admissions office.
2006
Starting in 2006, rural western China was the first to waive tuition and fees; in 2007 this was extended to all rural areas, and in 2008 free education was achieved in both urban and rural areas. The Two Exemptions and One Subsidy policy covered 150 million rural students, bringing to an end the system of paying fees during the compulsory education stage.
1950
The author's uncle scored excellently on exams at Shanghai No. 5 Middle School in the 1950s, but because his father was a fugitive landlord he could not attend university and was assigned to an agricultural university in the northwest; that school was located in a famine-stricken area where people starved to death. After he returned to Shanghai, his household registration had already been transferred out so he could not re-register there, and he ultimately returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to farm and live out his days.