Poverty alleviation through education

教育扶贫 (jiàoyù fúpín)

Poverty alleviation through education refers to popularizing education in rural areas and enabling rural residents to receive education so they can change their fates.

In December 2016, the State Council, China’s Cabinet, approved the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) on poverty alleviation, which included special education progams for poverty alleviation during this period.

Poverty is the fundamental development problem in impoverished regions, and education is of great significance to targeted poverty alleviation efforts, as it can curb the generational transmission of poverty in impoverished regions.

China has an imbalance in the education resources of developed and under-developed regions. Children from poor families are unable to receive equal educational opportunities, and thus lack the necessary access to career opportunities compared to other children.

The ultimate purpose of poverty alleviation through education is to solve this fundamental obstacle to a better life for impoverished children. The educational authorities should pay particular attention to educating impoverished children and to programs that improve impoverished children's nutrition, which is also an important part of poverty alleviation.