I am interested in China's " Nutrition Improvement Plan" for rural students during nine-year compulsory education. As big part of China's long-term educational reform, the plan aimed to solve the nutrition problems of pupils in rural shools. The program subsidized every child with 3 Yuan per day in 2012, and the total expenses on each child was 600 yuan per year. By using the money, many schools provided their students with "a carton of milk and an egg" per day. Due to poverty, many rural students in western China could rarely eat those two foods before that, so the program had a significant effect on their's nutrition and health. According to a survey, the anemia rate of rural students in western China decreased around 3%, and their weights and heights increased about 0.3 kg and 0.3 cm respectively since the program was implemented, and they got higher scores in exams as well. Since the total expenses of the program only made up 3% of central governmental budget, I think the program couldn't be a big burden for the goverment. Desipte there are some problems in the implementation, I think the chronic infulence of the program will be tremendous compared with the limited cost.
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I am interested in China's " Nutrition Improvement Plan" for rural students during nine-year compulsory education. As big part of China's long-term educational reform, the plan aimed to solve the nutrition problems of pupils in rural shools. The program subsidized every child with 3 Yuan per day in 2012, and the total expenses on each child was 600 yuan per year. By using the money, many schools provided their students with "a carton of milk and an egg" per day. Due to poverty, many rural students in western China could rarely eat those two foods before that, so the program had a significant effect on their's nutrition and health. According to a survey, the anemia rate of rural students in western China decreased around 3%, and their weights and heights increased about 0.3 kg and 0.3 cm respectively since the program was implemented, and they got higher scores in exams as well. Since the total expenses of the program only made up 3% of central governmental budget, I think the program couldn't be a big burden for the goverment. Desipte there are some problems in the implementation, I think the chronic infulence of the program will be tremendous compared with the limited cost.