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Schoolmaster of Longxi junior high
Communication with Schoolmaster

    For the sake of better understanding student circumstances at school, our group specially interviewed schoolmaster-Zheng Wen.


    Little reporter: how are you! Thank you for your support to our activity. Today, we want to know some information about students at school
    President Zheng: Hello, everyone! First, on behalf of our school, I thank you for your hard work during this period of time. Furthermore, I am also very glad to accept your interviews.
    Little reporter: President Zheng, although we are also the students of our school, we still don't understand some circumstances of school. Could you introduce the basic circumstance of school first?
    President Zheng: our school has a long history. In recent years, our learn scale change a lot. In this year, our school totally has 550 students, 37 teachers and the teaching class is 11. We still built up accommodation system to let some students who live far away live in school. However, we only have 6 dormitories currently, but the students in accommodation are more than 130. The space is limited. In addition, we are trying to improve their accommodation living. We assign person for management, and often improve their meals.
    Little reporter: thank you for your concern to us. But we also know, although our school concerns us so much, but every year there are some students stopping schooling. What is your opinion to this phenomenon?
    President Zheng: For this problem, we have been thinking, and continuously carrying on related systems. The main reason of them to stop schooling is the family economic problem. These mountain villages that our school serves have worse economic condition and the parent can hardly pay the student's study expenses. Some students do not have good marks and their families are in limited condition, they stop school. And some have very good marks, but have to stop schooling because the family circumstance is really very difficult.
    Little reporter: now the nation has already carried out “two exempt, one fill” policy. How do you think about the students stopping schooling?
    President Zheng: “two exempt, one fill” policy is "absolution the student's school fees RMB 30 Yuan, text book fee RMB 60-80 Yuan, subsidy for student's accommodation RMB 100 Yuan". After survey, we know the students have to pay some other expenses.

Expenses exempted by school:

Item

Learning expenses

Textbook expenses

Accomodation expenses

Sum

RMB 30 Yuan

About RMB 60 Yuan

RMB 100 Yuan

Expenses by oneself:

Item

Exercise book

Learning material

Board wages

Cost of living

Sum

RMB 20 Yuan

RMB 50 Yuan

RMB 300 Yuan

RMB 200 Yuan

    In this way, every student has to pay about RMB 300-500 Yuan, RMB 600-1000 Yuan in a year. These members are heavy burden to a family.
    Little reporter: this kind of circumstance nearby is a lot. Then how to solve these problems in your opinion?
    President Zheng: to solve this problem, I think the work should be carried on two aspects. On one hand, to let public know education is the only the only path for fortune. On the other hand, to those families in hard condition, we should help them by social strength.
    Little reporter: thank you for making so much effort in helping us to go to school.
    President Zheng: My pleasure. As long as our effort can let these children return to a school, and let them no longer stop schooling. We are satisfied.