He noted that, as children grew up, family solidarity was crucial to the formation of character, emotion and character. Long-term separation from parents can easily miss important stages of growth and may also be a recipe for future development。
In his view, many children of migrant workers currently had difficulty attending school in the city for two main reasons. First of all, while the state has in recent years introduced policies to guarantee the education of accompanying children, as the urban diaspora continues to grow, the academic resources of public schools in some cities have reached their limits. Second, the lack of stable housing in the cities and the frequent changes in the workplace, which make it difficult to provide a stable living environment for children, make it difficult for children to meet the conditions of school attendance in urban areas and remain in rural areas, thus creating a group of children left behind。
To this end, it is recommended that the current policy be adjusted and that the original focus be on the construction of “rural children's boarding schools” gradually shift to the construction of “farmer workers' boarding schools” in the cities. In this way, children can follow their parents to urban life and, even if they are busy working, have a stable learning and living environment in boarding schools。
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In his view, such a model would not only allow children to be accompanied and cared for by their parents, but also give them access to relatively high-quality educational resources in the cities, which would also be positive in promoting equity in education。
At the same time, he raised the need to take into account the reality of the group of migrant workers when building relevant schools. Children often need a more stable learning and living environment because of the precariousness of their work place and time, as some of the migrant workers live in work site dormitories or sheds. It is therefore possible to explore the construction of a full-year boarding school, which provides a 365-day residential service to enable children to have stable places of life and learning, even during the winter holidays or when parents are busy working。
