Overview of Industrial Poverty Alleviation of Ministry of Education
Original, GPIG, 08-22-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the Ministry of Education profoundly implemented the decisions and deployments made by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council, introduced and implemented a series of projects for education to benefit and enrich people in accordance with the requirements of the “Outline for Development-oriented Poverty Reduction for China’s Rural Areas (2011-2020) and further promoted the rapid development of various types of education through policy guarantee, financial aid and project support.
On July 29, 2013, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "Opinions on the Implementation of Education-based Poverty Reduction" jointly issued by the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, LGOP, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture, and will launch education-based poverty reduction in 680 counties of contiguous destitute areas.
Through accelerating the development of education and human resources by comprehensively strengthening basic education, speeding up the development of modern vocational education, improving service capacity of higher education, improving student funding level and enhancing the level of educational informationization, giving play to the important role of education in poverty alleviation and development, cultivated various types of talents for economic and social development to help poor areas shake off poverty fundamentally.
In 2013, the central government allocated about 82.84 billion yuan for the reform of the mechanism ensuring funding for rural compulsory education, further raised the benchmark quota of public expenditure for rural primary and secondary schools, up to 560 yuan and 760 yuan per capita respectively for the central and western primary schools, and provided integrated rewards and subsidies for the regions that implement living subsidy policy for the teachers working in the township and village schools and teaching points in contiguous impoverished regions.
In 2013, approximately 120 million rural compulsory education students nationwide were exempted from petty expenses and received free textbooks, and about 12.6 million boarding students from needy families in the central and western regions received subsidies. The central government allocated 12.036 billion yuan to support the implementation of free tuition policy for urban compulsory education in local areas and safeguard migrant children’s equal access to compulsory education.
In 2013, about 27.25 million urban students enjoyed free compulsory education and received relevant subsidies, and 13.94 million migrant children got the opportunity to receive compulsory education in the city.
Original, GPIG, 08-22-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the Ministry of Education profoundly implemented the decisions and deployments made by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council, introduced and implemented a series of projects for education to benefit and enrich people in accordance with the requirements of the “Outline for Development-oriented Poverty Reduction for China’s Rural Areas (2011-2020) and further promoted the rapid development of various types of education through policy guarantee, financial aid and project support.
On July 29, 2013, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "Opinions on the Implementation of Education-based Poverty Reduction" jointly issued by the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, LGOP, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Agriculture, and will launch education-based poverty reduction in 680 counties of contiguous destitute areas.
Through accelerating the development of education and human resources by comprehensively strengthening basic education, speeding up the development of modern vocational education, improving service capacity of higher education, improving student funding level and enhancing the level of educational informationization, giving play to the important role of education in poverty alleviation and development, cultivated various types of talents for economic and social development to help poor areas shake off poverty fundamentally.
In 2013, the central government allocated about 82.84 billion yuan for the reform of the mechanism ensuring funding for rural compulsory education, further raised the benchmark quota of public expenditure for rural primary and secondary schools, up to 560 yuan and 760 yuan per capita respectively for the central and western primary schools, and provided integrated rewards and subsidies for the regions that implement living subsidy policy for the teachers working in the township and village schools and teaching points in contiguous impoverished regions.
In 2013, approximately 120 million rural compulsory education students nationwide were exempted from petty expenses and received free textbooks, and about 12.6 million boarding students from needy families in the central and western regions received subsidies. The central government allocated 12.036 billion yuan to support the implementation of free tuition policy for urban compulsory education in local areas and safeguard migrant children’s equal access to compulsory education.
In 2013, about 27.25 million urban students enjoyed free compulsory education and received relevant subsidies, and 13.94 million migrant children got the opportunity to receive compulsory education in the city.
