Integration In City Of Migrated Children

1. Integration In City Of Migrated Children A Research-action Case of Multilateral Participatory Family Education

2. Rural-Urban movement for job hunting as labor worker Have settled down in cities for years, even with second-generation in cities, and won�t go back countryside Play important role in the process of urbanization Can not really integrate into urban life to become citizen due to cultural and institutional discrimination

3. Rural-urban migration started from the reform and open in 1978 Accorring to Fifth Census 2000, 1.2 billion of floating population (liudong renkou ), in which 76% are rural-urban migraion By 2020, it is estimated that another 100 to 150 million surplus rural laborers will join the rural labor migration.

4. Sichuan becomes one of the region with largest number of migrants because of the lacking of farmland The growth of migrants is one of the reasons for continuous increase of the urbanization rate of Sichuan province in recent years. Table 1 growth rate of urbanization in Sichuan in recent years From Sichuan Statistical Information Network

5. According to the survey by Chengdu People�s Political Consultative Committee in October 2005. At the end of 2004, total number of rural migrant workers in the city is about 2.48 million. Of whom, about 1.7 million came from Chengdu suburb, about 660,000 came from Sichuan province, and about 120,000 came from the other provinces. According to Chengdu Public Security Bureau's statistics Number of migrants registered as transient in the city for more than 3 days were more than 1 million every year in the past three years. In 2004, there were 104.4758 million migrants in the city.

6. Because of having no household registration in city (city hukou), they are classified as floating population or Nongmingong, discriminated by either government policies or city people They can not enjoy the equality on public service as city residents Particularly, their children can not access to the nearest public school, only some no-stated (private) schools enroll them.

9. For Governments and society Have put a lot of effort on policy changing and teaching equipment to improve the enrollment of migrated children in public school Seldom focus on family education.

10. In our view Family education actually should not only limited within family But also linked with teacher, school and community should be supported by multilateral sections in the society.

11. Since March 2006, AeA started new migrants family education project in Chengdu: Objective: to promote communication skills to improve the family relationship to improve the children growth environment Approach: PRA training Who: parents, children, volunteers, AEA,SASS, SSDI How: develop various and vigorous training/activities in 7 pilot schools

12. In 2007, we emphasized our work on exploring the Multilateral Participatory Mode in Family Education based on the achievements from 2006: Teacher training Parent training Volunteer training Children activities

13. Multilateral participatory Mode of Family Education (MPM) The view of children-centered Not only limited in family All sections, schools, teachers, parents, communities�, participating together PRA activities and organically integration Create a well environment and space, to grow up children in healthy way.

14. In 2008, A conference/workshop/skills exchange will be organized, to foster and promote the migrants family education mode.

15. Data collection about migrants. How to make some impressive education materials Diversify the production.

16. Help migrants� children on socialization, to grow up them as real new citizen!

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