【新唐人2011年6月2日讯】在“六一国际儿童节”这一天，北京东北城郊的黑桥村，有一群农民工子女挤在一间特殊的简易教室里上课。这间教室是用集装箱改造的。这群孩子就是在这集装箱里，度过了这个属于他们的节日。
都市里的农民工小孩，放学的时候他们的父母还在工作，往往总是一个人在家等待父母。在善心人士的组织下，"可移动打工子弟活动中心"成立了起来，这个“非政府组织”名为“打工子弟爱心会”（CMC）。“爱心会”希望农民工的孩子们在放学之后，能有一个学习和活动的场所。
《路透社》记者实际走访了这个组织，澳大利亚籍华人经理Yin Chia向记者表示：“一旦城市规划需要拆迁的话，只要跟随拆迁户把集装箱运走就可以了。”
报导说，这些孩子都是中国“流动人口”农民工的子女。他们没有北京户口，也就无权享受免费的公立学校教育。而民办的“农民工子弟学校”经常因为城镇各种开发计划，很容易面临突然拆迁的命运。另外，Chia说：“在农民工学校，每个班的人数往往太多，资源有限，学生得不到应有的关注。”
这就是为何“打工子弟爱心会”决定采用非常规的方式，用集装箱建造孩子们的活动中心。
“集装箱教室”的所有项目和课程都是免费的，因此很受孩子们的欢迎。这里的课外活动限招200名学生，但篮球场和运动设施向所有人开放。
9岁的学生李建静（音）说：学校老师给学生留的晚间作业好难。在这儿，有不会的问题可以问这里的老师。
农民工建设了现代化的北京，但他们的居住区仍在城市开发中风雨飘摇。北京东北五环外的崔各庄曾经聚集了不下三万人，其中绝大多数是农民工及其家属。由于当地政府进行城镇化改造，附近五个村的七所农民工子弟学校被迫关闭。
去年在整个北京，大约有30所农民工子弟学校受到各种开发计划的威胁，影响了一万名学生。
中共当局估计，2010年全国有2亿6千多万农民工。可是这些农民工的孩子跟随父母漂流在城市里，却面临就学难的问题。
“民生观察网”创始人刘飞跃长期关注民工问题。他向《德国之声》介绍说，这些农民工子弟小学得不到政府的支持，师资水准也难以保障，孩子们即便成绩优异，也无法升入公立高中就读。一些孩子因此而失去读书的动力。
《路透社》的报导也提到，以黑桥的民办学校为例，有很多孩子在十四、五岁的时候就辍学了，跟随父母做那种长时间劳作但薪水很低的工作。
中国的“户口”制度，把一国公民划分为城镇居民和农村居民，而且是一种世袭式的制度。城镇居民优先享受户口所在地的教育、医疗和住房方面的补贴，而农民工这些所谓的“局外人”，则受到多种限制，常常需要付出比城镇户口持有人高出很多的代价，才能享受到应有的公民福利。
“打工子弟爱心会”希望通过民间的力量帮助这些农民工孩子。他们已经在中国开设了六个集装箱改造的"可移动活动中心"。
新唐人记者周平、萧宇综合报导。
Shipping Container Classrooms
On June 1 International Children’s Day,
in the northeast suburb of Beijing, a group
of migrant worker’s children were having their class
in a classroom converted from a shipping container.
In that container they spent even their Children’s day.
After school, urban migrant worker’s children
usually stay at home waiting for their parents,
who work long hours. The NGO “CMC” organizes
a “portable activity center for migrant kids.”
CMC wishes the migrant worker’s children
had a place to study and play after school.
Reuters visited CMC. Its Chinese-Australian tender
Yin Chia said, “In case of demolition or relocation,
the container can be easily moved along.”
Reuters said, they are all migrant workers’ children
who do not have a residency certificate in Beijing,
so they are not entitled to free public education.
The migrant schools for these children often run
into demolition and moving problems
due to city construction. Also, Chia said,
“In the migrant schools the classes are too big
and students can access limited resources.”
Thus CMC resorted to this unusual way to build
an activity center within a shipping container.
The “Container Classroom” is free to the children.
It is quite popular among the migrant children.
Its extracurricular activities have a quota of 200,
but its sports facilities are open to the general public.
Student Li Jianjing, 9, said: “The evening homework
is quite difficult, but I can ask the teacher here.”
Migrant workers help build a modern Beijing,
but their residences are the most vulnerable.
Outside the 5th ring road of Beijing used to gather
30,000+ migrant workers. Due to city development
7 migrant schools were forced to close there.
In 2010, Beijing had 30 migrant schools closed down
due to development plans, affecting 10,000 students.
Authorities estimated that in 2010 China had
260M migrant workers. These workers’ children
are faced with the problem of going to school.
Founder of the “Livelihood Observation Network”,
Liu Feiyue has long followed the migrants’ issues.
He told Deutsche Welle that these schools
are not supported by the government,
and the teaching quality can not be guaranteed.
Even if a student has excellent grades,
he would still be unable to enter a public school.
A Reuters report said that many migrant children
quit school at an age of 14-15, and then follow
their parents to do low-income labor work.
China’s residency policy automatically separates
citizens into urban and rural residents.
This residency policy is inheritable. Urban residents
can enjoy benefits of education, healthcare, housing,
but rural residents are not entitled to those.
Migrant workers often have to spend much more
in order to obtain the urban residents’ benefits.
CMC wishes to help migrants’ children in China
by grassroots power. They have established
six such centers from shipping containers so far.
NTD reporters Zhou Ping and Xiao Yu
