Universities in Xinjiang have more girls

时间：2007-07-24 00:59:41

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URUMQI, July 21 -- The number of girls in colleges and universities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous1 Region has exceeded that of boys for the first time in history, education officials said.

 

There were 102,900 girls, or 51.62 percent of the total students in all the 31 colleges and universities in Xinjiang last year, the officials with the region's education department said.

 

Among the total of 8,421 postgraduate2 students in Xinjiang, 4,292 or 50.97 percent were female.

 

The number of female college students and postgraduates3 grew by8.3 percent and 17.8 percent from the previous year, the officials added.

 

The increased number of female students was a result of Xinjiang's smooth development of education. More farmers and herdsmen in the ethnic4 region sent their daughters to school as the government invested more in education.

 

More than 99 percent of children at school age were in primary schools at the end of last year.

 

Last year China exempted5 students in rural areas of western China from tuition and miscellaneous fees related to nine-year compulsory6 education. The exemptions7 will be expanded to central and eastern regions this year.

 

The move will relieve the financial burden on 150 million rural households with school-age children, who make up nearly 80 percent of the country's primary and junior middle school students.

 

Educational investment in rural China will total 223.5 billion yuan this year, a rise of 39.5 billion yuan year on year.

 
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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 postgraduate ulMzNh     
adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生
参考例句：
  • I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
  • After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。
3 postgraduates 9410af3c5282f9b20b3476d2b0db8baf     
研究生( postgraduate的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Professor Zhu will give lectures to the postgraduates [graduate students] this term. 朱教授这学期给研究生开课。
  • These postgraduates were a very talented group. 这些研究生是一群天分很高的学生。
4 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
5 exempted b7063b5d39ab0e555afef044f21944ea     
使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。
  • Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。
6 compulsory 5pVzu     
n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的
参考例句：
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
7 exemptions 98510082c83cd5526d8e262de8a35d2d     
n.（义务等的）免除( exemption的名词复数 )；免（税）；（收入中的）免税额
参考例句：
  • The exemptions for interpretive rules, policy statements, and procedural rules have just been discussed. 有关解释性规则、政策说明和程序规则的免责我们刚刚讨论过。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • A: The regulation outlines specific exemptions for some WPM. 答：该规定概述了某些木质包装材料的特定的例外情形。 来自互联网

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