Poorest students may get extra $6.6b

时间：2007-09-10 08:57:18

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Sept. 10 - The country will allot1 about 50 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) a year to fund needy2 students from this year's fall semester, a Ministry3 of Finance official said Sunday.

 

The move is another major step toward improving equality in education, the official said. The central government has already exempted4 rural area students from paying tuition and miscellaneous fees for the nine-year compulsory5 education scheme.

 

About 4 million students in 1,800 colleges and universities and 16 million students in 15,000 secondary vocational schools will benefit from the new scheme, he said.

 

The ministry will try to make national scholarships, bursaries and student loans available to more students, and prompt schools to earmark a certain amount out of their earnings6 to support needy students, he said.

 

The aid to be granted by all levels of financial authorities during the fall semester will reach 15.4 billion yuan ($2.03 billion). For the whole of next year, it will be 30.8 billion yuan ($4.05 billion).

 

The official said improving the quality of education and helping7 needy students in rural areas finish their nine-year compulsory education is among the top priorities of the central government.

 

By 2010, the nation will have allocated8 218.2 billion yuan ($28.7 billion) in total, out of which 125.4 billion yuan ($16.6 billion) will be borne by the central government, he said.

 

Last year, students in rural areas of western China were exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees for the nine-year compulsory education, and the scheme was extended to central and eastern regions this year.

 

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1 allot uLVyr     
v.分配；拨给；n.部分；小块菜地
参考例句：
  • The government is ready to allot houses in that area.政府准备在那个地区分配住房。
  • Who will she allot the easy jobs to?她把轻活儿分给谁呢？
2 needy wG7xh     
adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的
参考例句：
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
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 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。
5 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。
6 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。
7 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
8 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。

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