In 2010, over 2,000 senior officials from 15 Party departments and government ministries will complete the annual mandatory 40 credit hour training at the National School of Administration, the Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, located in Beijing University, Qinghua University, Renmin University, and Beijing Normal University.
Earlier, a quarter of the special topic classes were cancelled due to lack of students and 76% of the students dropped out during the lectures. As of October, the National School of Administration had held 6 special topic classes and 8 lectures with 642 senior officials attending.
Source: Guangming Daily, October 19, 2010
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