Ending corruption in students' college transfers

For years, Peking University in Beijing has been the top university in the country.[YAN DAMING/CHINA DAILY]

Students seeking transfer to another university face stricter regulations, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday. For example, the notice listing 10 no-transfer conditions says students cannot seek transfer to another local university and those who were enrolled without taking the college entrance exam cannot apply for a transfer. In case of an illegal transfer, everyone involved will be held accountable. Comments:

To fully carry out the new regulations on transfers, all universities should make the process more transparent, and parents and students should not seek transfers illegally, for instance, by offering bribes to university officials. Public supervision should also be encouraged to prevent similar misconduct in order to make university students' transfers fair.

iqilu.com, May 27

We should not forget that some students genuinely need to shift to another local university, and their requests should not be declined so long as the process is fair and transparent. Behind-the-scene activities are the real cause of corruption in the university students' transfer process. The disclosure of students' information is likely to expose the misdeeds.

cnhubei.com, May 27

Transfer from one university to another cannot be taken for granted by privileged students who want to receive higher education despite not being eligible to do so. In the long run, only educational reform will allow students to independently apply for and get a transfer to their dream university, provided the information they submit is true and verified.

Xiong Bingqi, vice-president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, Jan 28

(China Daily 05/28/2015 page8)