Liaoning Normal University

About Liaoning Normal University

According to Wikipedia, Liaoning Normal University in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China is a comprehensive university with an emphasis on teacher training. It has the largest teacher college in Liaoning Province. History Liaoning Normal University was established in August 1951 as part of the newly founded People’s Republic of China’s drive to reform the teacher training system. Under the new shifan system, certain institutions of further and higher education were established to train future teachers. Financial incentives such as tuition waivers, stipends and fellowshipss were offered to encourage students to study at these institutions. The normal universities comprised the highest point of this reformed system and were the only institutions from which senior high school teachers could graduate. Liaoning Normal University was one of two normal universities in Liaoning province.