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Challenges of the Opening of Frontier Education in Yunnan Province: Based on the Investigation of#br# Myanmar Students in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture

Wang Yanling1, Yang Jing2, Yang Xiao3   

  1. 1. School of Education and Management, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China; 2. School of Teachers Education, Yuxi
    Normal University, Yuxi, Yunnan 653100, China; 3. School of Music and Dance, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
  • Received:2017-10-27 Revised:2017-12-22 Online:2018-03-15 Published:2018-03-15

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Abstract: The cross-border enrollment of Myanmar students in the Yunnan border areas highlights the unique advantages of Yunnan
in international exchanges of education and culture. However, a field study finds that the schools in Yunnan border areas, especially
the Country Gateway Schools, are facing multiple challenges in recruiting students from Myanmar, including the lack of admission
policies, difficulties in student management, poor pathways for students to enter higher schools, shortage of school buildings and
facilities and shortage of teachers. This paper presents that our government need to increase the border education investment, integrate
foreign students into the enrollment plan and in school construction planning in border regions, issue policies to recruit foreign students
for border schools, and widen the channels for their study after compulsory education.