Poverty scholarship application starts in Cixi

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Published: Tuesday, 22 July 2014 10:00

The application of poverty scholarship has started in Cixi. Poor students whose Huji is in Cixi and has been enrolled by domestic universities are qualified for the application. The application quota will be 1.5% of the enrolled students of each senior middle school under the jurisdiction of the Cixi government. The schools with more poor students can have a relatively larger number. The qualified students from private schools can also apply for the scholarship. The scholarship is 5000 per capita.

Terms for application (qualified with one of them): children from particularly poor families; children with “minimum life security”; children from low income farmers’ families; orphans and other children from poor families. But those who have been already supported by Cixi Civil Administration Department and Charity Federation and enrolled by universities in 2014 are not included.

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Ningbo International Students Festival held

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Published: Tuesday, 08 July 2014 09:31

The 4th Ningbo International Students Festival was held on the evening of July 1. Student representatives from sister cities of Ningbo in France, South Korea, the UK, Benin and Australia attended the opening ceremony, together with college students representatives from overseas colleges or universities that have cooperative relationships with colleges and universities in Ningbo, as well as over 200 college student representatives from local colleges and universities.

The festival, jointly hosted by Ningbo Foreign Affairs Office, Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Education and some colleges and universities in Ningbo, will last for four days. By taking part in such activities as field visits, traditional cultural activities and traditional martial arts activities, the student representatives will have a better understanding of Ningbo's economic and social development as well as cultural history, and enhance their mutual understanding and friendship.

School and Enterprise Messenger settles the bottleneck of difficult employment and recruitment

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Published: Tuesday, 22 July 2014 09:56

Presently, there is still a noticeable contradiction between difficult employment of college graduates and recruitment of the employers. However, with the efforts of Ningbo School and Enterprise Cooperation Association for Vocational Education and School and Enterprise Messenger, the problem has been solved in Ningbo.

Ningbo is the first city in China to make laws for vocational education school and enterprises cooperation. In 2009, it issued “Ningbo Vocational Education School and Enterprise Cooperation Promotion Rules”; in 2012 it issued “Ningbo Vocational Education School and Enterprise Cooperation Promotion Rules Implementation”. In order to settle the bottleneck of school and enterprise cooperation, Ningbo has established a special fund, set up a school and enterprise cooperation promotion association and built public platforms like “school and enterprise messenger”. In September 2012, Ningbo “School and Enterprise Messenger” came into service online, which bridges schools and enterprises to settle the unsmooth communication between them. Ningbo “School and Enterprise Messenger” is organized by Ningbo Municipal Education Bureau, cosponsored by Ningbo Municipal Human Resource and Social Security Bureau, and supported by enterprises, institutions of higher education and other organizations.

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Employment situation for college graduates remain stable

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Published: Monday, 23 June 2014 10:38

It is learned from the employment situation analysis meeting that this year the employment situation for college graduates remain stable in general. By June 15, 32257 among the 42087 graduates from universities or colleges in Ningbo this year had signed working contracts, achieving a signing rate of 76.17%.

According to the statistics from Ningbo Employment management and Service Bureau, this year, four index witness increases: total number of graduates, number of graduates from outside the province, number of graduates from other places in Zhejiang Province and number and ratio of employed graduates in SMEs. Statistics show that by the end of May, the total number of graduates seeking jobs in Ningbo had reached 26052, an increase of 384 people over the same period of last year. Among others, 7227 graduates are from outside the province, up by 13.4% year on year, and 5684 graduates are from other cities in Zhejiang Province, up by 2.12%. In terms of the target positions, 22667 graduates signed contract with non-state-owned enterprises, accounting for 87.2% of all the graduates. While number of the graduates of Ningbo origin coming back to Ningbo decreased, down by 4.64% over the same period of last year.

From the perspective of college types, by June 15, the average signing rate for higher vocational colleges had reached 83.81%, higher than that of the undergraduate course colleges (71.33%). Of all the eight inspected vocational colleges, five boast a high signing rate of over 90%. While the average signing rate of the undergraduate course colleges remain the same as in last year. Differences also occur for graduates from different majors. The top ten majors for better employment include international economy & trade, English, machinery manufacturing, electronic information engineering, logistics administration, computer science and technology, Japanese, marketing, electric engineering & automation, and finance & accounting.

"This is mainly because of the demand for professionals in different fields due to the industrial structure of Ningbo." said Qian Yilin, Director of Ningbo Employment Management and Service Bureau. Despite the stable employment situation, there remain many problems. Based on the market-oriented employment situation, Ningbo will actively encourage graduates to seek jobs in enterprises and even start their own businesses. It is hoped that through great efforts the city can increase both the employment rate and entrepreneurship proportion.