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11:23, July 08, 2007 |
China''s Ministry of Education has banned university students from renting private accommodation during their studies, telling all students that they must share four to eight-person dormitories.
In a notice issued on Friday, the ministry instructed all universities to make the dormitories "another front for political and ideological education" in order to create a "good climate for the students'' growth".
The ministry told the universities to strengthen the administration of dormitories, in what it says will ensure the safety of students and facilitate communication between them.
It also ruled that students sharing dormitories should be classmates with the aim of making it easier for teachers to monitor students'' lifestyles outside the classroom.
Officials of Qinghua University, one of the most prestigious higher education institutions in the country, have promised to implement the new regulations.
But some students have voiced their discontent at having the freedom of choice taken away just two years after the government relaxed regulations on student accommodation which allowed the renting of private apartments off campus.
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