by Zhang Xiang, Xinhua Net
Higher education is regarded as the most realistic way for rural Chinese to change their fates. For Shao Hongmei, this passport to a better life arrived last year, when he was one of the first people admitted to an innovative new “distance learning” scheme that, crucially, is provided at little or no cost to students. His chance came in May 2011 when Guangdong province launched a pilot program to provide migrant workers with free online learning provided by Beijing’s prestigious Peking University. Shao was one of 100 migrant workers admitted to the program, and in February will start his third semester of studying online for a bachelor’s degree by viewing lectures, accessing reading material and having contact with lecturers.
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