Comparative Research on the Compulsory Education of Foreign Pupils: Legal Basis and Support Mechanisms

巴西、捷克共和国、德国和意大利不分国籍，对所有达到一定年龄的儿童实行义务教育。在德国和意大利，这一制度是基于这样一种观念，即所有居民儿童都应由国家提供最低限度的普通教育。在巴西和捷克共和国，关于移徙儿童教育的情况更为复杂。在这四个国家，当局都面临着识别非公民儿童的共同困难。与此相反，中国、韩国、台湾、泰国以及日本，并没有针对非本国公民子女的义务教育制度。这一政策基于这样一种教育理念，即国家只负责向本国国民提供义务教育。每个国家都建立了提供额外当地语言支持的机制，但缺乏有效的系统来维持学生的母语。

Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy have compulsory school attendance for all children up to a certain age, regardless of nationality. In Germany and Italy, this system is based on the notion that all resident children should be provided the minimum general education by the state. In Brazil and the Czech Republic the situation concerning the education of migrant children is even more complex. In all four countries the authorities face the common difficulty of identifying non-citizen children. On the contrary, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand as well as Japan, have no system of compulsory school attendance for children of non-citizens. This policy is based on the educational philosophy that the State is responsible for the provision of compulsory education only to country nationals. Each nation has established mechanisms to provide additional local language support, however effective systems to maintain the mother tongue of students are lacking.