Chinese Kindergarten Teachers' Salaries: The Problems and Causes

Abstract

In Chinese mainland the major problem of kindergarten teachers’ salaries are: (1) generally kindergarten teachers are less paid; (2) there is a wide salary gap between public and private kindergarten teachers; (3) there is a wide salary gap between permanent and temporary teachers; (4) there is a wide salary gap between urban and rural teachers. Major causes of these problems include: insufficient rules and regulations, insufficient teaching positions, lack of systems for verifying teaching certificates and professional titles and lack of salary standards. It is also related with government policies of financial investment and policies for preschool education in rural areas. Those problems need to be solved.

在內地，幼稚園教師的工資待遇存在的主要問題是：（1）幼稚園教師總體工資待遇偏低。（2）公辦、民辦幼稚園教師收入差異大。（3）在編、非在編幼稚園教師工資待遇差異大。（4）城鄉幼稚園教師工資待遇差異大。造成這四大問題的主要原因有法規不健全、幼稚園教師編制不足、幼稚園教師資格認證制度和職稱評定制度缺失、幼稚園教師工資標準缺失等，也與政府的財政投入不到位以及缺少針對農村幼教發展的政策有關。內地幼稚園教師的工資待遇問題亟待解決。