Co-Existence of Service and Productiveness of Education from Consumers' Perspective
- Resource Type
- Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
- Authors
- Cheng, Fengchun
- Source
- Frontiers of Education in China. Jul 2007 2(3):394-403.
- Subject
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1673-341X
Neither of the "Three Industry" Theory nor the "General Agreement of Trading Service" (GATS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) can be the essential criteria to analyze the property of education. The property of education can be defined from consumers' perspective. The direct consumers of education are students; but the ultimate consumers of education include parents, employers, society and governments as well. From the perspective of consumers, education is both a service and a productive institution.