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years ago. In addition, there are 420,000
women receiving other forms of higher education, including
correspondence education, evening college education and adult
higher education. In relation to the special fields of study,
the study of foreign languages, medicine and education were
the most popular choices for women. There has also been a
dramatic increase of females in fields once seldom chosen
by women. That includes the study of mathematics, electronic
engineering and mechanical engineering. The percentage of
women in colleges of science and engineering has also increased
in recent years.
Women's
Vocational Education
The main channels for women to receive vocational
education include secondary and higher vocational school education,
vocational education combined with common school education
and short-term vocational training. Besides, on-the-job training
for urban workers and reemployment training for laid-off women
workers, practical skills training for rural women are other
common channels for women to receive vocational education.
Education departments offer women equal opportunities
to receive vocational education. Female students in technical
secondary schools make up 56.11 percent of the total population
of students in technical secondary schools. In the working
documents guiding each year's technical secondary school enrolment,
it is made clear that "No enrolment ratio should be set
for male and female students except in
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