eprintid: 10018501
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2014-05-14 09:31:57
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Arshidin, Hakima
title: Access to formal education in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China 1949-1987 with special reference to higher education for ethnic groups.
ispublished: unpub
subjects: IE
divisions: B14
keywords: China,Ethnic groups,Higher education,Educational opportunity,History of education
abstract: This thesis describes, analyses, and explains the problems
of equality of access to, and provision of formal
education, particularly higher education, in the Xinjiang
Uighur Autonomous Region of China between 1949 and 1987. It
contrasts the central governmenes constitutional assurances
of equality in education for all ethnic groups, both the
non-Han indigenous majority and the rapidly increasing
immigrant Han-Chinese minority, with the reality of their
implementation. This contrast and the inequalities in
education resulting from it constitute the central theme of
the thesis.
The concepts of equality and inequality, ethnicity,
assimilation and cultural diversity in education are first
considered. The question as to where the root of the
problem of access to higher education lies, whether in the
outcome of higher education admission practices, or in the
shortage of supply from lower down the system, is then
examined closely. The question is addressed through the use
of indicators of equal access to education; equal provision
of educational facilities; equal prospects of survival; and
success in progression from one level to another. These in
turn are analyzed in terms of several dimensions including
culture, religion, demography and geography.
The investigative method followed is essentially a
historical analysis of statistical data, supplemented by an
analysis of policy documents, political statements, and
literature, and informal interviews.
The findings of the thesis are that, in spite of a
nationally declared policy of equal access to education for
all its ethnic groups, Xinjiang belies its official title
of being Uighur and autonomous; and that attempts at
assimilation to the Han through local language reforms, a
nation-wide unified curriculum, political education, and
the imposition of Standard Chinese have been to the
detriment of the non-Han and have caused grave
inequalities. The thesis concludes with suggestions on how
these inequalities can be reduced and the interests and
identities of the non-Han protected.
date: 1991
date_type: completed
oa_status: green
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
pages: 453
institution: Institute of Education, University of London
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Arshidin, Hakima;      (1991)    Access to formal education in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China 1949-1987 with special reference to higher education for ethnic groups.                   Doctoral thesis , Institute of Education, University of London.     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10018501/1/148972.pdf