HelpingPoorStudentsFinancially
FiguresfromtheMinistryofEducationindicatethatabout2.63millioncollegestudentsinChinasufferfrompoverty,accountingfor19percentofthetotalof13.5millionstudentsenrolled.Amongthem,1.22millionarecategorizedas"extremelypoor"students.Highereducationinstitutesacrossthecountryshouldlaunchdifferentprogrammestoprovidefinancialaidtopoorcollegestudents.
Theaccesstofinancialaidcanpreventpoorstudentsfromdroppingoutofcollegesanduniversities.Programmessuchas“GreenPassage"enablepoorstudentstoenrollanddefertuitionpayments.Theministryalsoencouragespoorstudentstoapplyforstateloans.Ministryfiguresshowthatthestateloansystem,introducedin2000,hasaided2.07millionunrversitystudents.Furthermore,partofthetuitionfeescollectedeveryyearbyeachuniversityshouldbeusedtohelppoorstudents,forexample,byofferingscholarships,tuitionwaiversandwork-studyprogrammesunderwhichstudentshelpoutsinlibraries,teachers'officesorservicedepartmentstoearnmoney.Lastbutnotleast,implementingaprogrammefortheexemptionoftuitionandtextbookfeesforruralpoorstudentsandsubsidiesforpoorboardingstudentscanalsohelpeasethefinancialburdenofpoorstudents.Statisticsshowthatl,78millionpoorstudentsarestillinneedoffinancialhelp.
Inconclusion,topreventstudentsfromhavingtoabandontheirhigherstudiesthroughfinancialdifficulties,morepoliciesconcerningfinancialaidtopoorstudentsneedtobemappedout(237words)