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population. Favourable policies have been
drafted and financial support provided to benefit economically
and educationally less-developed areas. The national award
for illiteracy elimination is encouraged to be awarded to
regions that have achieved remarkable results in wiping out
illiteracy among women.
Helping
Girl Dropouts Finish Compulsory Education
In remote and poverty-stricken areas, some school-age
children drop out of or cannot go to school due to an unfavourable
natural environment, local people's outdated concepts of valuing
the male child only or their families' poverty. Girls make
up 70 percent of this group. To help these children, especially
dropout girls to go back to school, the Government and educational
departments have increased their input, at the same time carrying
out preferential policies in favour of girls in a bid to narrow
the educational gap between the genders and between different
localities.
In 1996, the former State Education Commission published
Ten Opinions Regarding Further Enhancement of Girls' Education
in Poverty-stricken and Ethnic Areas. It spells out the principles
and measures on the enhancement of girls' education. The Ministry
of Education also published the Special Report on Girls' Education
1996-2000. In the special report, the Ministry points out
that "it is mainly the
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