The educational isuues in countrysides in China

I have just read an article on the internet about the educational issues in the countryside of China,it really shocked me a lot.
China has the largest population in the world,but do you know what's the population of the countryside among the whole population 1.3 billion?It's 0.9 billion,it means that 70% of China's population are farmers who are just the poorest in China.
As a farmer, each of them can only earn 3200 yuan(640 S$)each year,but the money they should pay for the education of their children is 800 yuan(160 S$)per child.What's more,some of these families always don't obey the "One Child Policy",they may give birth to a lot.Since it's impossible for a family in the rural region to pay such a big amount of money,a lot of children have dropouted during elementary or secondary schools.
Though China has already promulgated the law on compulsory education in 1986, which stipulates that the state should provide a nine-year compulsory education "free of tuition fees" for all primary and junior middle school students,it still hasn't been achieve till today cause the schools in the rural region always collect tuition fees or charge various"miscellaneous fees"in some excuses.It cause dropout ratio for rural primary and junior middle schools in 2004 was 2.45 percent and 3.91 percent respectively, while the figure in the less developed central and western regions was much higher!
But to my surprise,our premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged that the government would eliminate all charges on rural students receiving a nine-year compulsory education before the end of 2007. He also said that the government will increase about 218.2 billion yuan(53.6 S$)on the funds of education in the next 5 years to lift China out of the rank of less than 30 countries worldwide which fail to provide their kids with completely free compulsory education. And he had also claimed that China will fund the repair and renovation of rural school buildings and guaranteeing the payment of rural school teachers' salaries .
All of these will really ameliorate the educational issues and will benefit some 160 million school-age children in the vast rural region, who account for nearly 80 percent of the country's primary and junior middle school students.
Actually it's a good milestone in China's history and also a good beginning.If the government will do so,then more and more students especially that in rural regions will have a opportunity to finish their compulsory education.It's really motivate all the poor family.
So you can see though China has a lot of educational issues now, I believe that it will be solved on one day at last.And I also hope all the students will treasure this opportunity and become hard-working!
(Reference:http://english.people.com.cn/200603/05/eng20060305_248042.html)

The educational isuues in countrysides in China

I have just read an article on the internet about the educational issues in the countryside of China,it really shocked me a lot.
China has the largest population in the world,but do you know what's the population of the countryside among the whole population 1.3 billion?It's 0.9 billion,it means that 70% of China's population are farmers who are just the poorest in China.
As a farmer, each of them can only earn 3200 yuan(640 S$)each year,but the money they should pay for the education of their children is 800 yuan(160 S$)per child.What's more,some of these families always don't obey the "One Child Policy",they may give birth to a lot.Since it's impossible for a family in the rural region to pay such a big amount of money,a lot of children have dropouted during elementary or secondary schools.
Though China has already promulgated the law on compulsory education in 1986, which stipulates that the state should provide a nine-year compulsory education "free of tuition fees" for all primary and junior middle school students,it still hasn't been achieve till today cause the schools in the rural region always collect tuition fees or charge various"miscellaneous fees"in some excuses.It cause dropout ratio for rural primary and junior middle schools in 2004 was 2.45 percent and 3.91 percent respectively, while the figure in the less developed central and western regions was much higher!
But to my surprise,our premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday pledged that the government would eliminate all charges on rural students receiving a nine-year compulsory education before the end of 2007. He also said that the government will increase about 218.2 billion yuan(53.6 S$)on the funds of education in the next 5 years to lift China out of the rank of less than 30 countries worldwide which fail to provide their kids with completely free compulsory education. And he had also claimed that China will fund the repair and renovation of rural school buildings and guaranteeing the payment of rural school teachers' salaries .
All of these will really ameliorate the educational issues and will benefit some 160 million school-age children in the vast rural region, who account for nearly 80 percent of the country's primary and junior middle school students.
Actually it's a good milestone in China's history and also a good beginning.If the government will do so,then more and more students especially that in rural regions will have a opportunity to finish their compulsory education.It's really motivate all the poor family.
So you can see though China has a lot of educational issues now, I believe that it will be solved on one day at last.And I also hope all the students will treasure this opportunity and become hard-working!
(Reference:http://english.people.com.cn/200603/05/eng20060305_248042.html)

Acid Rain

Have you ever heard about the acid rain?I have just read an article on it.Acid rain is a kind of natural calamity which is caused by smoke and gases that are given off by factories and cars that run on fossil fuels.When these fuels are burned to produce energy,the sulfur that is present in the fuel combines with oxygen and becomes sulf dioxide;some of the nitrogen in the air becomes nitrogen oxide.These pollutants go into the atmosphere and become acid,so when it rains, the normal rains will become acid rains.
Actually the acid rain is very harmful to the nature and human beings.Since acid can corrode everything it meets.When a acid rain comes,a lot of plants and animals will die,a lot of buildings will be destroyed and it's said that only one drop of the acid rain is enough to make a person feel burning pain!
Since there are few factories in Singapore,it's a unpolluted country,but it's quite different from China.There are so many factories and vehicles and such a large population in China that it need a big amount of energy every day.So acid rain is quite common in some part of China.It's also the same in America and some European countries.I think the government didn't pay enough attention for it,or the cases of acid rain will not be still increasing.
But there is still some solution to solve the problem.To conserve energy is just a way because some experts have already proved that if energy was used more carefully,we could cut the amount of the fuel burner in half!And to clean the coal before burning it is also a essential way.
As a student,we can just take buses or MRT to go to school instead of taking vehicles,can also contribute to solve this problem.
We should not only consider about ourselves but also our posterities.If everyone of us just contribute a little,I believe that the acid rain will be coped or reduced at last on one day in future.
(Reference:http://www.geocities.com/narilily/acidrain.html)