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The State financial aid program for poverty-stricken senior high school students is undoubtedly another step towards education equality, after the removal of school sundry fees for primary and middle school students in rural areas three years ago. Lance Briggs Jersey. The ministries of education and finance released a joint document at the weekend, announcing that a fund will be established by the central and local governments to provide financial aid to students in financial straits at senior high schools. They will receive financial aid of 1,500 yuan a year on average, starting this autumn. The document also requires senior high schools to exempt these students from tuition fees. Senior high school education is not compulsory in China. So it is excluded from all the State benefits for compulsory education. As a result, it is not uncommon for students from very poor families to discontinue their education after middle school, as they cannot afford senior high school. That means they will have little chance of ever receiving higher education. The financial aid program, if successfully implemented, will provide hope for quite a number of poverty-stricken graduates from middle schools, who will now be able to continue their education in senior high school. With free education for primary, middle schools in rural areas and financial aid programs for university students, this program means senior high school education is no longer the exception when it comes to financial aid for poor students from the State. Whether local governments will be able to contribute their share to the program will determine its success. The document states that 10 percent of senior high school students will receive aid in the coastal eastern region, 20 percent in the relatively underdeveloped central region and 30 percent in the least developed western region. That means that the local governments of the poorest regions in the west will have to contribute the most to the program as the number of students they support will be greater than in the eastern and central regions. Will the financial aid from the central government be tilted to the least developed regions? It should be, as the contribution they make to the program will no doubt exert a burden on their already tight finances. Even if local governments contribute their share to the program, a sound supervision mechanism must be in place to make sure that the money reaches students. It is not that the grassroots officials doing the job are untrustworthy, it is that transparency and effective supervision are the best way to guarantee that the program will be operated in the interest of students in need. (China Daily 09302010 page8) Wholesale Jerseys China. Johnson hurt himself chasing down a deep pass from rookie T.J. Yates late in the third quarter of last weeks 17-10 win over Atlanta. 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