| Xinjiang's poor school students to enjoy free education
2003-07-07
Xinhua
A financial-aid policy set at the joint sponsorship of the Chinese central
government and the government of northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region is
expected to benefit more than 1.73 million school kids whose families are
scattering far and wide in the region's 67 needy cities or counties.
According to the local government, those elementary and middle school kids
living in need in southern Xinjiang's four autonomous prefectures, counties on
the border and farming and livestock breeding areas, will be exempted from
tuition fees and textbook expenses latter this year.
This is a measure taken to prevent the students from discontinuing their
studies for financial reasons, said local officials.
Some 190 million yuan (US$22.8 million) will be allocated annually to
implement the policy with 140 million yuan of subsidies (US$16.9 million) from
the central government as fees for textbooks and other teaching materials and
the remaining 50 million yuan (US$6.1 million) come from the local governments
for paying tuition and relevant fees.
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