Students should not quit school because of poverty, govt

时间：2007-07-21 06:09:02

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Chinanews, Beijing, July 18 – Chinese government gives unprecedentedly1 high concern to students who might leave school only because they can't afford to pay the tuition fees. The government vows2 that no students should leave school because of the straitened circumstances of their families.

 

Recently, the Ministry3 of Health and the Ministry of Finance held two press conferences to address the issue. At the press conferences, the two central government departments announced that they would take a series of concrete policies to help poor students to go to college. For those who have just received the college's letters of admission and yet fear they might not be able to pay the tuition fees, this is no doubt good news.

 

For the coming fall semester, the central government will increase the fund used to support poor students to pay their tuition fees from 1.8 billion yuan last year to 9.5 billon yuan this year. In addition, local governments will also allocate4 some money, making the total fund in this aspect reach 15.4 billion yuan this year. Next year, the fund will be further raised to 30.8 billion yuan.

 

With the national fiscal5 input6, the loans offered by banks, and the special fund provided by every school, the total allocated7 money to poor students will reach 50 billion yuan. This money will benefit 4 million college students and 16 million vocational school students every year. On average, of every 100 college students, 20 will benefit from this policy.

 

The policy serves as another important measure taken by the Chinese government in its efforts to promote fair opportunities in education and in realizing social justice.

 

Two years ago, at a press conference, the then minister of education Zhang Baoqing once severely8 criticized some local governments. These local governments, as Zhang said, were willing to spend billions of yuan on a project. However, when they were asked to allocate some money to help poor students, local officials would find numerous excuses to turn down the request.

 

The former minister has already retired9 from his job. He must have been very happy to see that the fund aiding system for poor students, a system he advocated so energetically during his term of service, has been crowned with great achievements today.

 
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1 unprecedentedly f60c6331277f9436b0b8eda77fd4bc21     
adv.空前地
参考例句：
  • The National-Day celebration this year was an unprecedentedly great occasion. 今年国庆日庆祝仪式空前盛大。
  • "This is undoubtedly a good one," the teacher insisted. "Unprecedentedly good! Just listen -- " 洋教师说，“这文章写得当然好，而且绝妙无比，你们听——” 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
2 vows c151b5e18ba22514580d36a5dcb013e5     
誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿
参考例句：
  • Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
  • The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
3 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
4 allocate ILnys     
vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归
参考例句：
  • You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
  • They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。
5 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
6 input X6lxm     
n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
参考例句：
  • I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
  • All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
7 allocated 01868918c8cec5bc8773e98ae11a0f54     
adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
  • More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
8 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
9 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

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