The Analysis of the Situation of Migrant Students in China

Due to the household registration system (Hukou) acting as an institutional barrier, migrant children face a lot of challenges in China. They are prevented from gaining local education resources, such as library, computer lab and gym. This led to the formation of low-quality migrant schools to respond to strong schooling demand. So migrant children face more difficulties than urban students. They get poorer performances and are more vulnerable than urban children. Analyzing the situation of migrant children can help policy makers improve existing policies to enhance the quality of education for them. By summarizing several literatures, this paper found that except Hukou system, imperial examination in the history also caused the poor performance of migrant children. Besides, on society and family level, social work such as media publicity and in depth investigation into migrant family is recommended. In terms of government, more money from the government is needed to increase the quantity and quality in educational resources and institutions. Schools can organize activities to promote the integration of migrate children and apply advance teaching method to improve the academic achievement. Based on the current situation, several proposals are proposed to help migrant children in the final section.