ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the migrant majority state school, which is currently the predominant or majority schooling channel for migrant children. The first section introduces the dynamics and hierarchy in the urban school system under the exam-oriented tradition and extra-curricular subject competitions. The second section elaborates how school location and reputation have turned a large number of state schools in ‘village in the city’ (cheng zhong cun) and migrant majority communities into ‘migrant majority’ state schools under the school choice mechanism. The third section examines two important aspects of educational quality in the migrant majority state schools, namely, competency of teacher and quality of campus facilities and educational resources. The fourth section examines the challenges to the quality of teaching and learning in these schools, including class oversize and challenged home-school cooperation. The final section examines the future of these schools and concludes that the phenomenon of migrant majority state schools can hardly be changed in a short period.
