What are the Different Types of College Grants?

The state bursary is designed to reflect the party's and government's care for students with financial difficulties in families of ordinary undergraduate colleges, higher vocational schools, and technical colleges. It is jointly funded by the central and local governments to set up a full-time ordinary college for families with financial difficulties ( Including vocational college, second bachelor's degree) students' bursaries. ^[1]

State grants

Funding criteria

The national average is 3,000 yuan per person per year. For specific standards, the central universities are determined by the Ministry of Finance and relevant departments, and local universities are determined by the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). ^[1]

On December 22, 2010, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council hosted an executive meeting of the State Council. In order to alleviate the pressure of rising prices on the basic lives of students with financial difficulties in colleges and technical secondary schools, the State Council has decided: (1) from the fall semester of 2010, (1) to raise the average subsidy standard for state stipends for ordinary colleges and universities from the original annual average of 2,000 yuan per student Up to 3,000 yuan, benefiting 4.3 million families with financial difficulties, accounting for 20% of the total number of students at school;

(2) Expand the scope of tuition exemption for secondary vocational education. 4.4 million students from families with financial difficulties and agricultural students in urban and rural secondary vocational schools enjoy this policy, accounting for 22% of the total number of students at school;

(3) Establishing a state financial aid system for students from financially disadvantaged families in ordinary high schools. National aids will be distributed at an average annual rate of 1,500 yuan per student, benefiting 4.82 million students, accounting for 20% of the total number of students at school. ^[4]

On October 10, 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council hosted an executive meeting of the State Council and decided to expand the scope of tuition exemption for secondary vocational education and improve the state's financial aid system.

In order to accelerate the development of secondary vocational education, promote education equity, and improve the quality of workers, the meeting decided that starting from the fall semester of 2012, the scope of tuition exemption for secondary vocational education will be extended from agricultural-related students and students from families with financial difficulties to all rural areas (including (County and town) students, urban students majoring in agriculture, and families with financial difficulties. At the same time, the scope of the national bursary for secondary vocational schools was adjusted from first- and second-year rural (including county and township) students and urban families with financial difficulties to step-by-step students in the first- and second-year agricultural majors and non-agricultural major families with financial difficulties. . All rural students in 11 contiguous poverty-stricken areas, such as Liupanshan District, Tibet and the four provinces, and three vocational schools in southern Xinjiang and Xinjiang, were included in the scope of bursary. ^[5]