China News Service, Beijing, October 11th (Reporter Wang Zumin) During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the number of students with disabilities admitted to ordinary colleges and universities in China increased by 50.11% compared to the "12th Five-Year Plan" period. The number of college admissions also increased by 47.54% over the previous five years.
"I'm Coming to Beijing to Go to University" The 2021 Disabled University Freshmen Inviting and Listening Symposium was held in Beijing on the 11th. The head of the Education and Employment Department of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation revealed the above data at the meeting.
The person in charge said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China has further improved the policies for the participation of disabled persons in the college entrance examination. The number of persons with disabilities admitted to ordinary colleges and universities has increased significantly, especially the number of persons admitted to "double first-class" construction colleges and universities and majors has been increasing. .
During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, 38,289 persons with disabilities were admitted to ordinary colleges and universities. During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, the number of persons admitted was 57,477, an increase of 50.11%; Significant increase. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the number of people admitted was 9,966, an increase of 47.54% over the previous five years.
The reporter learned that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and the Ministry of Education will also carry out higher education for the disabled in six universities including Sichuan University, Changchun University, Beijing Union University, Nanjing Normal University for Special Education, Zhengzhou Institute of Engineering and Technology, and Wuhan University of Technology. The pilot program of integrated education has accumulated good experience; In 2017, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and the Ministry of Education further improved their policies to provide reasonable convenience for students with disabilities to take English Band 4 and 6 tests; the Ministry of Education approved Beijing Union University to establish Chinese Medicine in 2017 Professional master degree, providing braille test papers for blind candidates to take the exam.
At the same time, vigorously commend outstanding disabled college students; take colleges and universities as one of the main positions to promote the national common sign language and the national universal braille; make every effort to do a good job in employment and entrepreneurship for disabled college students, and promote higher education for the disabled in China to a new level .
The head of the Education and Employment Department of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation also introduced the key tasks of China’s higher education for persons with disabilities during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, including working with relevant departments to formulate and implement the third special education promotion plan to further clarify the requirements for the development of higher education for persons with disabilities; Strengthen the improvement of the single-examination and single-recruitment policy for persons with disabilities; promote the implementation of integrated education requirements in ordinary universities, and strengthen the construction of barrier-free and professional support systems for universities and so on.
At the symposium that day, five representatives of college students with disabilities from Peking University, Beihang University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Beijing Union University explained the vigorous development of China’s education for persons with disabilities and higher education for persons with disabilities through their personal experiences. The positive progress of education and the increasingly strong atmosphere of helping the disabled in the whole society also demonstrate the positive, optimistic, self-reliant, self-confident mental outlook of contemporary college students with disabilities.
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