School-aged Children Drop Out
It’s reported that in China about one million school-aged children drop out of school each year and 80% of the drop-outs are from the families which are too poor to keep their children at school.
To tackle the problem, the government has launched the Hope Project. It has helped thousands of children go back to school. But in my opinion, this is far from enough. In order to change this situation completely, the government should set aside an adequate amount of money for education, especially for elementary education. And also, the
government should establish laws to ensure that no children should drop out of school as elementary school education is compulsory in China, and local governments should aid the poor families so that they can send their children to school.
To sum up, so long as our central and local governments and the whole society pay enough attention to this problem and take effective action, this situation will be changed.
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适龄儿童辍学
据报道，在中国约一百万适龄儿童辍学，每年的80辍学%来自贫困家庭，也让他们的孩子在学校。 为解决这个问题，政府已推出了希望工程。它已帮助数千名儿童重返校园。但在我看来，这是远远不够的。为了彻底改变这种状况，政府应该拨出足够的金钱教育的数量，特别是小学教育。同时，政府应制定法律，以确保不让孩子们辍学作为小学教育的学校在中国的是义务教育，地方政府应帮助贫困家庭，使他们能够送子女上学。
综上所述，只要我们的中央和地方政府以及全社会给予足够的重视这一问题，并采取有效的行动，这种情况将会改变。
