On September 23rd, at the press conference of the State Council Information Office, Zheng Fuzhi, Vice Minister of Education, introduced that as of September this year, the number of students dropping out of compulsory education in China dropped from about 600,000 last year to 24 19. "Everyone thinks that it has not yet reached single digits, and it must have reached single digits, because we have a special account for 600,000 children who have dropped out of school. Every child has a record and implements a sales number system. When they come back, they will be advised to sell their numbers." Zheng Fuzhi said.
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Students with difficulties have basically achieved full coverage of funding.
Zheng Fuzhi said that there are two changes in funding. One is "two exemptions and one subsidy", which was implemented smoothly and effectively. The two exemptions are to exempt all students from tuition and fees and provide textbooks free of charge. The first supplement is to provide living allowances for students with financial difficulties, especially for students who live on campus.
The other aspect is nutritious meals, and the nutrition improvement plan is implemented. Every year, about 40 million rural children enjoy nutritious meal subsidies, and this plan has covered all poverty-stricken counties in the country. At this point, the problem of dropping out of school due to poverty has been basically solved, that is, it is free to go to school and live in cost of living allowance.
Xiaoxiang morning herald-Ministry of Education: Basically achieve the goal of ensuring compulsory education and basically solve the problem of dropping out of school due to poverty.