Accordingtorelateddata,thisyear,over100millionmigrantworkersdecidedtocelebratetheSpringFestivalintheirplacesofworkinresponsetothegovernment’sappealforthemtospendtheholiday“inplace”.Forthisgroup,thebiggestconcernsaretheelderlyandchildrenbackathome.Accordingtoofficialdata,bytheendofAugust2018,therewerealmost7millionstay-at-homechildreninourcountry.Thisnumberiscalculatedonthebasisof"parentswhobothgoouttowork,oroneparentgoesouttowork,theotherlackstheabilitytoprovideguardianshiptothechildren".However,ifweusethedataofoneparentgoesouttowork,thenthecorrespondingnumberofstay-at-homechildrenisashighas58million.Itiswell-knownthatthefundamentalsolutiontotheproblemofstay-at-homechildrenistoallowthesechildrentolivewiththeirparents.Essentially,thismeanseliminatingthephenomenonofstay-at-homechildrenaltogether.Inmyopinion,migrantworkerswhostayed“inplace”duringSpringFestivalprovidedavaluablereferenceforsolvingtheproblemofstay-at-homechildren.Thatis,wecanusethethinkingof“stayinplace”approachtoguaranteechildrenofmigrantworkerscanattendschoolswheretheirparentswork.Before,ourcountrysolvedtheschoolenrollmentproblemofmigrantchildrenbyallowing"non-localstudentstotakehighschoolandcollegeentranceexaminations”intheirparents’placeofwork.However,sincethisisdefinedas"non-local",thisisinconflictwith"local"students'enrollmentbenefits,whichresultedinconsiderablyhighthresholdfornon-localstudentstoactuallytakehighschoolandcollegeentranceexaminationsas“non-locals”.Manychildrenofmigrantworkershavethusbeendeniedaccesstosuchbenefits,andsomeregionsonlyliftedtherestrictionsonnon-localstudentstakinghighschoolandsecondaryandhighervocationalschools.Whichmeanstheysimplycan’tattendexaminationsforenrollmentatregularfour-yearcollegesintheirparents’placeofwork.Thisdirectlyresultedinaspecialgroupinstay-at-homechildreninourcountry--migrantchildrenwhoreturnhome.Thisgroupreferstochildrenwhohadexperienceslivingandattendingschoolincitieswiththeirparents,buthadtoreturnhomeduetovariousreasons.Amongthem,theinabilitytocontinueattendingschoolincitiesisthemainreason.Therearealreadyresearchesshowingthatcomparedwithotherchildren,migrantchildrenwhoreturnhomehavehigherrisksoffallingintodepression,aremorepronetobeingbulliedinschool,andhavehigheracademicstress.The“inplace”approachinsolvingtheenrollmentissueofmigrantworkers'childrenisentirelydifferentfromthe"non-local"mentality.First,localgovernmentswillfeelresponsibletohelpthesechildrentoattendschoollocally,incorporatetheirschoolingintolocalfinancialbudgetasfurtherguarantee,andnotshifttheresponsibilityfortheproblemtothelocationswherethechildren’shukou(householdregistration)islocatedin.Whencentralandprovincialgovernmentsconducttransferpayments,theywillalsotransferthembasedonthenumberofchildreninvolved,andestablishexpenditureregulationsthatwillshiftwithstudentstatuschanges.Atpresent,certainareasarenotactiveinsolvingtheproblemofmigrantchildren’sschoolenrollment,becausetheystillputtheimportanceofsolvingtheproblemofstudents'hukoufirst,andtheyalsolackrelevantsafeguardmechanisminfunding.Indrivingforwardreformsofhighschoolandcollegeentranceexaminations,weshouldalsousethe“inplace“thinkingtoinitiatetheinstitutionalreformsofexaminationandadmission.Differentfromtheregistrationsystemofhighschoolandcollegeentranceexaminationswhichfocusonstudents'hukoulocationss,thepost-graduateentranceexaminationinourcountryisusingthe“inplace"approachwherestudentscanregisterandtakeexamsattheplaceswheretheirhukouislocated,wheretheywork,orwheretheyattendcollege.Graduateschoolswouldthencombineunifiedexaminationandinterviewscorestodetermineadmissions.Highschoolandcollegeentranceexaminationreforms,especiallycollegeentranceexaminationreforms,canabsolutelyfollowtheexampleofthe“inplace"approachofregistration,examination,andadmissionofgraduateschools.Ifweimplementasystembasedonanationalunifiedexaminationaswellasadmissionsbasedoncomprehensiveassessmentsbytheschool,thencandidatescantaketheunifiedexaminationatanylocations.Collegescanalsocombinethescoresoftheunifiedexamination,students'middleschoolscores,generalperformances,theregion'seducationaldevelopmentsituation,andconductautonomousadmissions.Thiswillbeconvenientforparentswhotakechildrenwiththemwhileworkingincities,andwillnotcreateaman-madephenomenonofstay-at-homechildrenduetotheinabilitytoenrollinschoolorattendhighergrades.Ourcountry’seducationhasrealizedthepopularizationofallformsofeducationatalllevels.Withtherapidprogressofurbanization,reformofthehukousystemisalsoaccelerating.Inthenext10years,educationaldevelopmentandsocialwelfareguaranteesshouldfocusoneliminatingthephenomenonofstay-at-homechildren,torealizegreatereducationalequality,andprovideanenvironmentthatcanfacilitatechildren’shealthygrowthontheschool,family,andsocietallevels.ContributedbyBingQi,educationresearcherTranslatedbyZhangJunye