Schools asked to verify student records at least once per semester

Primary and secondary schools should verify student records at least once per semester to ensure consistency, completeness and accuracy, the Ministry of Education said in a recently issued regulation on student records management. Moreover, the regulation grants more autonomy to high schools that offer vocational and general education integration programs by allowing them to manage student records following relevant regulations at the provincial or regional level. "Due to a lack of relevant regulations, there were barriers hindering the transfer of student records from vocational schools to regular high schools, and vice versa … Now students who meet the requirements are provided with an additional choice to freely transfer their student records between regular and vocational schools," Su Junyang, a professor at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, was quoted as saying by China Central Television. In addition, the regulation stipulated that for children with severe disabilities who cannot attend school in person, local education administrations should arrange schools to help register their student records and provide home-based education services.