China's PhD glut drives top graduates to high school teaching jobs - Nikkei Asia
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Students attend a graduation ceremony at Tsinghua University in Beijing on June 27: Ph.D. graduates from top Chinese universities are increasingly choosing to teach at junior and senior high schools. © Getty Images
Students attend a graduation ceremony at Tsinghua University in Beijing on June 27: Ph.D. graduates from top Chinese universities are increasingly choosing to teach at junior and senior high schools. © Getty Images
A growing number of doctoral graduates from elite global and domestic universities are bypassing traditional careers in academia and research to take jobs as secondary school teachers in China's major cities, driven by an oversupplied labor market and fierce competition for university posts.
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