A Study On The Government Intervention In Minban Schools

Private school named "Minban school" resumed and developed rapidly in China after 1978 along with economy and education system reformation and attracted the importance from the government and the society.In January,2003,the implement of Minban Education Progressive Act put the management of our government of Minban schools in a legal period.However,Minban education doesn't get rapid development and is still confronted with a great many problems.The prominent problems are what part the government should play in and how to deal with the relations between the government and the market.Namely,the issue of the government intervention in Minban education.Taking Miban schools as objects,this research analyzes what's the significances,methods and purposes of the government intervention in Minban schools on the basis of the relevent government intervention theory.The study also discusses how the government intervenes in private schools overseas and in history in our country and finds the experiences and lessons by comparison method and history study method.Field survey has been applied to collect information to identify the status quo and problems in government intervention in Minban schools,furthermore,the reasons why these problems come forth are deeply discussed.The last chaper gives suggestions about how to improve the government intervention in Minban schools.The dissertation contains seven chapters:The first chapter is the introduction.This part focuses on the origin of the study,the main concept of the study and the issues that this paper discusses,and then briefly studies the present literatures as well as introduces the procedure,thoughts and methodology of the study.The second chapter mainly discusses the aim,the advantages and the shortages of the government intervention in Minban schools based on the theory of market failure,government failure and voluntary failure.The issue of the government intervention includes two sides which are the government regulation and the government finance aid.The government regulation of Minban schools includes the regulations of the fees,the safety,the entry and the exit,the investment,the qualities and the right of the teachers and the workers.There are two forms of the government finance aid to private schools,one is finance aid to the schools named subsidy,the other is finance aid to the students named education voucher.The third chapter and the fourth chapter summarize the experiences and lessons of the government intervention in private schools overseas and in our history through landscape orientation and portrait comparison.The third chapter analyzes the status quo and the effect of the finance aid and the government regulations to private schools in Australia and India.The forth chapter reviews the government intervention in private schools in different periods in China.It concludes that propriety intervention is essential for the development of private schools and the government finance aid can accelerate it.While the choice of method of government finance aid can influence efficiency and education equity.Excessive or immoderate intervention may hinder the operation of the market mechanism and may be not benefit for the private schools.The fifth,sixth and seventh chapter focus on the practice of the government intervention in China today.Based on the investigation of price regulation,entry and exit regulation,investment regulation,quality supervision,property supervision and government finance aid to private schools in C city in Hubei province,This part discusses the status quo and problems in government intervention in Minban schools,furthermore the reasons why these problems come forth are deeply discussed. Finally suggestions about how to improve the government intervention in Minban schools is given.