There are constant complaints in China that school and university education does not "reflect the real world". This is seen as one of the reasons for the rapid increase in unemployed graduates, who many companies feel have high expectations of the position and pay they merit but lack life and practical experience. Indeed Chinese students are confronted hardly at all with the realities of society and the world of work during their education. It is not common for students to take on part-time jobs or internships in businesses or institutions while at university, students spending their days on the university campus, which tends to be isolated and far outside the city centre. What is more, knowing that they are among the chosen few who have overcome the considerable hurdle posed by the Gaokao [the university entrance exam] fosters an elitist mentality. University education is very school-like and theory-heavy, consisting primarily of accumulating useless but readily testable knowledge. The more practical training offered by China's still insufficiently established vocational school system is regarded by Chinese parents not as an acceptable alternative but as an indication of a failed educational career. The heated public debate and the criticism by experts of the existing education system have had little impact as of yet, and there is no sign of the situation changing in any effective way.

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