Author(s)

Huanxue Ren, Saini Li

Corresponding Author

Huanxue Ren

ABSTRACT

The education of migrant children has always been a hot topic in the society. Guangzhou, as a place with large population, has issued relevant policies for the education of migrant children for many times. By observing the current situation of compulsory education in Guangzhou from the perspective of migrant children's education, we can see the characteristics of “stratified universalism” : on the one hand, in terms of education access qualification, the scope of compulsory education access in Guangzhou is constantly expanding, and education universality is reflected in the cost, facilities and enrollment objects; On the other hand, in terms of education benefits, stratification effect still exists. Social members with different identities obtain different education benefits through compulsory education. Under the implementation of the point-admission and sponsorship fees policy, this “stratification” is mainly realized through the “implicit exclusion”, which is different from the previous household registration exclusion.

KEYWORDS

Migrant children, Compulsory education, Education equity, Stratified universalism