▁U . S .) ▁as ▁an ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁funds ▁for ▁assist ing ▁university ▁students ▁in ▁pover ty . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁university ▁dedicated ▁for ▁eth nic ▁minor ity ▁students ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁is ▁the ▁Min zu ▁University ▁of ▁China , ▁or ▁the ▁Central ▁University ▁of ▁National ities ▁( C UN ), ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁ ▁" M oral ▁education " ▁at ▁the ▁university ▁level ▁is ▁integrated ▁into ▁other ▁subjects . ▁ ▁Eth nic ▁minor ities ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁have ▁a ▁higher ▁than ▁average ▁educational ▁att ain ment ▁at ▁the ▁t ert i ary ▁level ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁average ▁for ▁eth nic ▁minor ities . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁ 1 0 . 8 % ▁of ▁eth nic ▁minor ities ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁have ▁obtained ▁university ▁degrees ▁compared ▁to ▁ 0 . 9 % ▁nation ally . ▁ ▁Primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁education ▁ ▁The ▁Be ij ing ▁municipal ▁government ▁has ▁made ▁efforts ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁nine - year ▁comp uls ory ▁education . ▁Several ▁exper ts , ▁including ▁the ▁Be ij ing ▁Normal ▁University ▁education ▁special ist ▁B inx ian ▁Z hang , ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁Be ij ing ▁should ▁make ▁twelve ▁years ▁of ▁education ▁comp uls ory . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁the ▁Be ij ing ▁government ▁allowed ▁ 7 5 ▁local ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁schools ▁to ▁teach ▁foreign ▁students . ▁The ▁Be ij ing ▁Education ▁Commission ▁began ▁acc red iting ▁these ▁schools ▁as ▁such