8月16日教育部副部长吴启迪在新闻发布会上说,目前中等职业学校1600多万名在校生中,绝大多数来自农村和城市中低收入家庭,其中贫困家庭学生约占30％。还有相当多的初中毕业生主要因经济原因放弃了进入包括中等职业学校在内的高中阶段学校学习的机会。因此,中央财政“十一五”期间将安排40亿元,从2006年起每年安排8亿元资金设立 On August 16, Vice Minister Wu Qidi of Education Ministry said at a news conference that at present more than 16 million students in secondary vocational schools are from low-income families in rural areas and cities, of which about 30% are students from poor families. There are also quite a few junior high school graduates who for economic reasons have given up their chances of entering high school school, including secondary vocational schools. Therefore, the Central Government will arrange 4 billion yuan during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period and 800 million yuan will be set aside annually from 2006