| The expanded compulsory education program has achieved remarkable results in the county. Its high school enrollment rate is now 96 percent, up 40 percent. The number of students going on to pursue undergraduate degrees has increased from zero in the 1980s to almost 280 in 2011. |
免費教育成效顯著。高中免費后，寧陜的高中入學率一下增加了40%，達到96%。上大學的學生數量也從上世紀80年代的“零本科生”增長到今年的近280名本科生。 |
| Early in the 1980s, local government officials donated money to build Ningshan Middle School. Now, its four-floor teaching building is one of the most beautiful buildings in the county, providing students with a gymnasium, laboratory, and library. |
早在上世紀80年代，當地政府官員就集體捐資，建設了寧陜中學。如今，學校里的這座4層綜合實驗教學樓成為了縣城里“最漂亮的房子”，體育館、實驗室、圖書館一應俱全。 |
| "We have regulations to limit and reduce the number of meetings, use electronic documents and cut down administrative expenditures. All county officials, including the party secretary and county mayor, are forbidden to buy new cars for official use. Their accommodation fees on a business trip cannot exceed 120 yuan (US$18.9) a night." Chen said the policies were aimed to save money for education. |
“我們規定，除了限制精簡會議、啟用電子文件、壓縮行政經費外，還要求包括縣委書記、縣長在內，全縣領導干部3年內不得換新車，出差住宿費每晚不超過120元。”寧陜縣委書記陳倫寶告訴記者，目的只有一個，把省下來的錢用在教育上。 |
| According to Shi Gongfu, director of the Education and Sports Bureau in Ningshan County, locals have a long tradition of respecting teachers and promoting education. "The 15-year free education policy is attributed to efforts by three successive governments," he said. |
據寧陜縣教育體育局局長石功賦介紹，寧陜尊師重教的傳統由來已久，“15年免費教育，起碼是建立在連續3屆政府共同打下的基礎之上?！?/td>
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| County officials, most former teachers, "have an extraordinarily deep affection for education," he added. |
當地主政官員多為教師出身，“對教育有著非同一般的深厚感情?！彼a充說。 |
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Driving along the roads in Ningshan County, big signs bearing the local government's pro-education slogans are a frequent site. "Knowledge changes fate," they read. "Education creates the future."
(China.org.cn by Wendy, November 30, 2011)
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在寧陜縣的房前路旁，時不時就能看到當地政府支持教育的大字標語，上面寫著“知識改變命運，教育成就未來”。
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![Ningshan Middle School [File photo] 寧陜中學 [資料圖片]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111130/000cf1a48b7f103fc88404.jpg "Ningshan Middle School [File photo] 寧陜中學 [資料圖片]")
