November 7, 2008

China's Private Technical Colleges Suffer as Vocational System Evolves

By MARA HVISTENDAHL

Long before the Chinese government began in earnest to reform the country's vocational-education system, a thriving private market provided many students with the technical training needed to get jobs in a changing economy.

Now that market is on the verge of collapse as publicly financed vocational colleges begin to offer the same type of highly specialized training, but at a cheaper price.

China's minban, or "people run" colleges, emerged in the 1980s, established by

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