ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that examination of decision making in the Chinese educational system was both rewarding and frustrating. Three municipal bureaus are directly responsible to the Ministry of Education while other municipalities, which report to the education bureau of the province in which they are located, run their own nurseries, kindergartens, middle schools, teacher-training institutions, and even universities. Neighborhood committees administer and operate elementary and middle schools, and are under the supervision of higher levels of administration. In addition to the large and complex regular school system, a significant number of other educational institutions and programs are available to the people of China. The revolutionary committee form is an attempt to provide a governing body for schools, and other units as well, that brings together representatives of different social classes in order to increase the component of democracy in determining and administering school policies..
