Enhancing the Right to Education through Distance Education in China
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Abstract
Drawing from the content analysis of distance education, this Paper explores the
relationship between the current and past realities in China and increasing access, equity and
higher educational opportunities. While access, equity and higher educational opportunities
remained on paper during the Great Leap and the Great Cultural Revolution when politics took
precedence over educational policies, it was in the Post-Mao era that access, equity and higher
educational opportunities were addressed to some extent. Although distance education in China
has the potential to serve people of all ages, the practice of its imperial examination system
makes people unconvinced as to whether distance education in China is capable of enhancing
the right to education.
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WANG, V. C. (2008). Enhancing the Right to Education through Distance Education in China. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 6(2), 66 - 76. Retrieved from https://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/135
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