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    Should Tutors Have Discretion Over Students’ Graduation?

    Oct 15, 2020 4 minutes
    Copyedited by Garth Wilson

    Recently, the Ministry of Education (MOE) responded to a proposal put forward by a member of the National People’s Congress that tutors of graduate students and doctoral students should be given decision-making power over whether the students should be allowed to graduate. MOE plans to fully adopt this idea and will issue details later this year on tutors’ rights and obligations.

    This news has taken academic circles in China by storm. Some applaud the new policy, believing it will help tutors play a more effective role in nurturing their pupils. Also, they can deny graduation to students who are not qualified until they meet the necessary standards. Meanwhile, others have expressed

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