The restructuring of the national scholarship policy is an important deployment initiative in the implementation of the current round of the incremental package policy, which covers the various stages of higher education, general secondary education, secondary vocational education, etc
Wen qian's financial reporter, luway
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Official publication of the grant policy for student groups, among which are national scholarships for undergraduates from $80,000 to $10,000 per year, the number of awards increased from 60,000 to 120,000 per year。
On 29 october, the ministry of finance, the ministry of education and the ministry of human welfare issued a circular amending the national scholarship policy, which covers various stages of higher education, general secondary education, secondary vocational education, etc., and covers various projects such as state scholarships, national recreation scholarships and national scholarships。
In response to the ministry of economy and finance, the director of the chinese institute of education and science stated that one of the major changes in the scholarship policy was the increase in the number of scholarships and in the number of awards. The gross enrolment rate in higher education is now over 60 per cent and the number of scholarships has increased, and the corresponding amounts and places have increased. “the 20th plenary session of the party stated that regional resources for education should be optimized and basic public education services should be provided in harmony with demographic changes. This policy adjustment is a concrete manifestation of what the plenary has called for.”
The director of the institute of education for the 21st century stated that, as the number of students enrolled in higher education had increased, there had been calls from all over the country for an increase in the number of state awards. “the adjustment of the grant policy is also related to the improvement of the current level of socio-economic development, which is an adjustment that has evolved over time.”
This adjustment is also part of the recent policy of the “incremental policy package”。
On 12 october, minister of finance langfone stated at the press conference of the new state that, in the context of the targeted incremental policy package to be launched in the near future, the next step would be to increase incentives and assistance to target student groups in terms of increased support to key groups。
The vice-minister of finance, guo ting ting ting, further explained that, next, the ministry of finance, together with the relevant departments, would fine-tune the funding policy for students in higher education in two steps, in terms of merit and hardship. The first step was to introduce four policy measures in 2024, including the doubling of the number of national scholarship awards; the second step was to raise the post-graduate scholarship award standard in 2025. At the same time, the criteria for funding state grants for general secondary schools will be raised, the criteria for funding state grants for secondary vocational schools will be raised and the scope of funding extended。
On 29 october, the circular issued jointly by the three departments referred to above provided further clarity on the scholarship policy. At the higher education level, in addition to the above-mentioned “increased number of national scholarship awards for undergraduate students and higher standard of awards”, there is also a requirement for “increased national scholarship awards for undergraduate students” and “increased number of post-graduate scholarships” for post-graduate students。
Of these, from 2024 onwards, the national scholarship award rate for undergraduate students has been raised from $5,000 to $6,000 per student per year; the average funding rate for undergraduate students (including pre-graduate students, excluding former soldiers) has been increased from $3,300 to $3,700 per student per year; the number of post-graduate national scholarship awards has been increased from 45,000 to 90,000 per year (from 35,000 to 70,000 for masters and 20,000 to 20,000 for doctors); and the central financial support standard for post-graduate scholarships has been raised (from 8,000 to 10,000 per student per year for masters and 12,000 per doctoral students per year)。
At the upper secondary school level, the three departments informed that they were requesting an increase in the standard of state grant funding for general upper secondary schools. Starting with the spring term in 2025, the average funding criteria for state grants for general high schools have been raised from 2000 to 2,300 yuan per student per year, which can be divided into two to three grades, determined by local associations and actually within 1,200 to 3,500 yuan。
For secondary vocational schools, the three departments requested that, starting with the spring term of 2025, the third year of full-time vocational secondary schools (including technical schools, the lower level) of full-time education be included in the national grant scheme for students in agriculture and economically disadvantaged non-agricultural families. Rural students in the third year of secondary vocational schools (excluding county towns) in 11 former areas of special hardship and tibet, 4 provinces, and 4 xinjiang provinces are fully covered by the national grant. The average funding rate has been raised from $2,000 to $2,300 per child per year, and the criteria are determined by local groups, which actually range from $1,200 to $3,500, and can be divided into two to three。
The heads of the relevant departments of the three departments indicated that this policy adjustment was an important step in the implementation of the standing committee meeting of the central political bureau and the central political bureau meeting on the deployment of the package of incremental policies. Through greater incentives and coverage of the student population, students were encouraged to study hard and to study hard and to study hard, so that they were more effective in promoting the development of innovative talent, which was urgently needed; students from economically disadvantaged families were better assured that they could learn, complete their studies successfully, contribute more effectively to educational equity and provide strong support for the development of a strong nation and its national renaissance。
She stated that equal access to financial support for all students was a step towards inclusive inclusion and that the grant policy should move in that direction。
He reminded that the criteria for identifying poor students should be improved in order to ensure fairness and fairness in the award of scholarships, while at the same time protecting the privacy of students。
