Kindergarten and School-Aged Pupil Enrolments Drop Sharply Amid China’s Decline in Births
Communist policymaker’s two- and three-child incentives came too late to reverse a negative population growth
Chinese children line up under the supervision of a teacher at a kindergarten playground in Beijing, on Dec. 7, 1997. Goh Chai Hin/AFP via Getty Images
China’s kindergartens and elementary schools have seen student numbers decreasing dramatically following the year-by-year shrinking of China’s birth rate. The trend is expected to intensify and extend to higher grades in middle schools and colleges in the upcoming years.
Shawn Lin is a Chinese expatriate living in New Zealand. He has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2009, with a focus on China-related topics.
