Beijing is taking inspiration from soccer as it tries to reduce unemployment among the China’s growing number of university graduates.
Students attend a graduation ceremony at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei. Credit: Depositphotos
University graduate unemployment has become such a problem in China that the authorities are taking a novel approach: Treat degree courses like a soccer match.
A recent Ministry of Education release. See translation.
The referees — in this case the Ministry of Education — now assign academic majors a “yellow” card if too few graduates from their course land jobs; followed by a “red” if the problem persists. Courses that get a “green light” tend to include those related
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