No justification for discrimination toward children of migrant workers

LIXIA DISTRICT OF JI'NAN CITY, capital of East China's Shandong province, has reportedly passed a new regulation that requires migrant workers to show a college diploma or their children will be prohibited from going to local primary schools. This is open discrimination, says a comment on Beijing News:

The Lixia district education bureau has violated the rights of migrant workers, as well as broken the common practice of cities. Actually, most cities allow children of migrant workers to go to local schools as long as the workers have stable jobs and pay tax. Lixia district is openly discriminating against certain migrant workers and their children.

Worse, it is the government's role to promote social equality, instead of vice versa. The children, whose parents have low educational backgrounds, already belong to an inferior group and they should be helped to improve their future. Lixia has done the opposite, which will only widen the social gaps.