Yang Zhou

Research on Yang Zhou's education

Yangzhou Education System

Jiangsu’s education system is based on the national system for the public education, which includes primary schools, middle schools, and universities. Nine years of education is compulsory for all Jiangsu students. Jiangsu’s higher education system has undergone two major periods of restructuring in its history. In 1950, the central government adopted the educational model from the former Soviet Union reorganizing previously-established comprehensive universities into new institutions. Again in 1999, in accordance with recent policy reforms, Jiangsu’s universities underwent an opposite adjustment, which results in the reduction of the number of higher education establishments and a wave of institutional name changes. Jiangsu is the province in China that owns the largest number of institutions of higher education with 105 universities and colleges and an annual student enrolment of close to a million in 2007. Jiangsu's international co-operation programs have been well established in the past years. Its universities and colleges have accepted international students from over 100 countries, and have had extensive exchange programs with more than 300 universities internationally. The number of higher education institutions funded by private sectors nationally and internationally are on the rise and they offer youth alternative educational pathways for career attainment.

Yangzhou University is a prestigious higher learning institution and has its primary campus in Yangzhou. Yangzhou Radio & TV University is a branch of China Radio & TV University, which is a vocational university and a far distance school using TV and radio. 

Yangzhou has well instituted compulsory primary education system, nearly all of school-age children are enrolled in schools. The secondary schools including high schools achieves significant graduate rate.

                                    What We Found About 扬州中学教育集团树人中学

成立于1999年6月，是由江苏省扬州中学创办的一所民办学校。学校在管理上实行董事会领导下的校长负责制，在经济上独立核算。学校秉承了扬州中学的优良传统，站在巨人的肩膀上起步、成长、腾飞，逐步形成了“立德树人，自强不息”的校风，“教书育人，精益求精”的教风和“快乐学习，健全成长”的学风.  办学充分发扬扬中的优良传统，锐意进取，开拓创新，逐步建成具有一流校园，一流设施，一流师资，一流管理和一流质量的新型民办学校。

                                  

                                     3 questions we would like to find answer to 

1) Do you have to pay your full amount of school fees or is there any subsidy by the government? And what is the cost of your school fee?
2) Is the cost of living affordable in China? 
3) What do you think about the transportation in China? Eg: congestion, overcrowding etc.
     Does the transportation affect the time you wake up to go to school?

Cost of living in Singapore

Singapore is the world's most expensive city. Singapore a small little red dot on the map, the most expensive city! 

4 room HDB flat - $289000 to $341000

Toyota Vios 1.5 Elegance - $120888

10kg of rice - from $18.30

1L mineral water - from $2.35

Refrigerated fresh whole chicken - from $2.90

Cooking Oil - from $16.15

1L of 95 unleaded of petrol - $2.35
1 movie ticket on a weekend - $13
                                     

Why is it so expensive in Singapore?

Let me take an example, the petrol. The petrol price has been increasing as the government wants to limit the number of cars on the road, which might lead to air pollution.

Another example, a mineral water. It is just 1L and the cheapest is $2.35! It seems ridiculous apparently. This is because we have to import water from other country due to the lack of resources in Singapore. 

HOWEVER, Singapore government subsidies some amount to Singaporean in terms of education and health. This reduces the burden on citizens. As a secondary school student, my school fee is $15 but in China it is $131.49. This shows that the money used are of different places.

This is a video about Singapore being the most expensive country:

https://youtu.be/mr5IDQZw1as

Differences between CHINA YOUTH CULTURE n SINGAPORE YOUTH CULTURE

Dance 

Firstly, the impression we have about China is traditional and conventional. What gives us this impression? China's history [ dynasties eg. Qing, Ming, Tang ], structure [ palaces, Great Wall of china ], elderly... Not only those, China's dance is also a special. Even though people thinking about WuShu is only an elderly dance, I think their youth also perform WuShu as a form to show their culture. 

Singapore is modernize and westernize country. Youth usually shop and hang out with our friends, our life is very causal. Our dance has different type modern dance or international dance, inclusive of Indian, Malay, Chinese dance. 

Thus, China's WuShu is traditional while Singapore's dance is modernize.

Social Media 

Social media is widely use, but in China they have restriction to some websites life Facebook and Google. However, China uses QQ allowing them to Instant Messaging.

Singapore youth are describe as “低头族” as we always look at our digital devises. We are twenty four seven on our devises, even in the toilets. 

School 

China is very strict and the strong competition make the study environment in order. 

In Singapore, it seems that we are busy with school life, study, CCA and homework. It is true we are busy, but our study life is not as tense. For example. During morning assembly, we will have small chats among ourselves instead of standing up straight silently. 

👆🏻 these are the differences between CHINA YOUTH CULTURE n SINGAPORE YOUTH CULTURE :)

Group Introduction

(From left to right) Park Shin Young (17), Wang Zi Qiu (23), Sarah Chua (5), Lang Si Han (11), Heng Shu Hong (29)

Shin Young and Si Han are from concert band, Shu Hong is in Choir, Zi Qiu is from NCC and Sarah is from badminton:)