Mingzu Universities as an Educational and Social Phenomena in PR China

Lyubov Kalashnyk (), Yana Levchenko (), Lidiia Tkachenko () and Oksana Mkrtichan ()
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Lyubov Kalashnyk: Prof. Dr.Sc., Doctor of Science (History and theory of Education), professor, H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv national pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine,
Yana Levchenko: Prof. Dr.Sc., Doctor of Science (Profes-sional education), professor, H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv national pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Lidiia Tkachenko: Dr.Sc., Doctor of Science (Professional education), advancedprofessor, H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv national pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Oksana Mkrtichan: PhD (Professional Education), advanced professor, H.S.Skovoroda Kharkiv national pedagogical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Postmodern Openings, 2021, vol. 12, issue 3, 60-76

Abstract: Mingzu University is a common name for educational institutions for ethnic minorities established in China in 1950. By establishing such kind of higher education institutions, PR China as a state pursued several goals. In one hand, they started the opportunity for minor ethnic groups` representatives enter a higher education institution and thereby enlist their support for the state government. In the other hand, China saves the originality and the identity of small nationalities` cultures at the state level by studying and promoting it. Today such educational institutions also serve to train leading cadres from ethnic minorities’ representatives, loyal to the state system and the political and social course of modern China as they are brought up in the spirit of modern Chinese social and pedagogical guidelines. The article aims to represent different social functions of Minzu Universities as a social phenomena common for China as well as cultural and social strategy of the PR China state in the field of ethnic minorities, an important part of which is implemented through them. Using the research methods typical for scientific studies of this kind (mainly empirical and theoretical ones) the article proves the idea that Mingzu Universities in China play a great not only the educational, but also social role in the country to form an ideologically homogeneous society and respect for human rights in the country.

Keywords: PR China; Mingzu University; state strategy; ethnic minority; citizenship education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I2 O0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.18662/po/12.3/327

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