It is "urgent for relevant parties to remain calm and prevent the situation from escalating and going out of control, " Luo Zhaohui, the director-general of the ministry's Department of Asian Affairs, told a news briefing.
Chu Zhaohui, of the Ministry of Education's Central Institute for Educational Research, says Beijing could afford to accommodate all of its more than 400, 000 migrant children, some 40, 000 of whom have little choice but to use unlicensed schools.