China's Ministry of Education plans to set up a credit archive to blacklist students who don't register after they are matriculated by colleges or universities.
It says that students on the blacklist will be refused admission to a college or university in the following year if they fail to register at a college or university that matriculates them in the first year.
Staff of a department of education quoted by local media said that it is necessary to set up such a credit archive, for it can cause a college or university a lot of trouble if a student fails to register on scheduled.
The reasons for students' dereliction of their duty for college registration vary. Some do not go to register because they are planning to study abroad, some fail to register because of the economic plight of their family, while quite a number are reported to intentionally neglect registration because they are not satisfied with the current college or major they chose and want to choose an alternative in the second year.
Blacklisting is thought by many to be too heavy a punishment for students, but it is reported that some teachers believe that this is an acceptable way of teaching the students the importance of credit.
