The Ministry of Education: In the past ten years, the total amount of students across the country has exceeded 2 trillion yuan, which benefits nearly 1.3 billion

Today, the reporter learned from the "Ten Years of Education" and "1+1" series of the Ministry of Education that in the past ten years, the total amount of student funding across the country has exceeded 2 trillion yuan, and the cumulative funding for students will be nearly 1.3 billion. The annual nearly 120 million yuan increased to 150 million in 2021, achieving full coverage of funding policies "all sections, all schools, and all families with financial difficulties".

Guo Peng, director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Education, released. Ye Zhonghua Photo

Guo Peng, director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Education, introduced that in the past ten years, the total investment of financial investment has reached 1.45 trillion yuan, accounting for 72%of the total funding of funding; ; Financial institutions have issued a total of 2.27 trillion yuan in national aid loans, accounting for nearly 14%of the total funding. The amount of annual capital aid increased from 132.2 billion yuan in 2012 to 266.8 billion yuan in 2021. Fiscal investment increased from 102 billion yuan in 2012 to 200.7 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 97%. Among them, the central government's investment increased from 62.8 billion yuan in 2012 to 123.8 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 97%. Fiscal support has continued to increase, forming a funding pattern of government investment, schools and social funds as important supplements.

Guo Peng said that in the past ten years, the lofty concept of education fairness has taken root and has become a real social reality. Students of family economic difficulties are no longer out of school due to tuition fees, and they fully enjoy fair educational opportunities. Students in schools in school families no longer worry about living expenses, no longer drop out of school because of economic problems, and can study and feel at ease. From the perspective of funding, the proportion of students' funding proportion of students in ethnic areas, the original concentrated continuous joints, and the original "three districts and three states" are 46%, 43%, and 82%, respectively, much higher than the average funding ratio of 26%across the country. Students from the construction of files and dropping schools across the country have achieved dynamic clearance, and they have become history due to poverty and dropping out of school.

Reporter: Ye Zhonghua

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