| 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. |
免费教育成效显著。高中免费后，宁陕的高中入学率一下增加了40%，达到96%。上大学的学生数量也从上世纪80年代的“零本科生”增长到今年的近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. |
早在上世纪80年代，当地政府官员就集体捐资，建设了宁陕中学。如今，学校里的这座4层综合实验教学楼成为了县城里“最漂亮的房子”，体育馆、实验室、图书馆一应俱全。 |
| "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. |
“我们规定，除了限制精简会议、启用电子文件、压缩行政经费外，还要求包括县委书记、县长在内，全县领导干部3年内不得换新车，出差住宿费每晚不超过120元。”宁陕县委书记陈伦宝告诉记者，目的只有一个，把省下来的钱用在教育上。 |
| 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. |
据宁陕县教育体育局局长石功赋介绍，宁陕尊师重教的传统由来已久，“15年免费教育，起码是建立在连续3届政府共同打下的基础之上。” |
| County officials, most former teachers, "have an extraordinarily deep affection for education," he added. |
当地主政官员多为教师出身，“对教育有着非同一般的深厚感情。”他补充说。 |
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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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在宁陕县的房前路旁，时不时就能看到当地政府支持教育的大字标语，上面写着“知识改变命运，教育成就未来”。
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