BEIJING Nike Air Max 97 Uomo Scontate , Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's fiscal funds for education in 2016 stood at 3.1 trillion yuan (480 billion U.S. dollars), with an average annual increase of 7.9 percent from 2012.
The ratio of the funds to GDP exceeded 4 percent each year during the period, according to a State Council report released on Saturday.
"Overall funds for education in 2016 reached 3.9 trillion yuan, over 80 percent of which were provided by the government," said the report delivered to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) at its six-day bimonthly session.
Over half of the fiscal funds for education were used for nine-year compulsory education in 2016. Teacher salaries and student financial aid accounted for over half of the fiscal funds for education in 2016, 10.6 percentage points up from 2012, said the report.
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Over 80 percent of children of migrant workers received education in cities where their parents work.
Since 2012, 698 billion yuan of financial aid has been granted to students from impoverished families.
According to the report, the government will continue to give priority to education. Fiscal funds for education will continue to rise, while society is encouraged to invest more in non-public education.
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Pre-school, special and online education should be improved. Vocational education and training systems will be optimized. More junior middle school graduates will be encouraged to go to upper middle school, said the report.
Italy has broken up a mafia ring accused of infiltrating one of the country's largest migrant reception centers and capitalizing on asylum seekers with the help of a Catholic association, police said Monday.
The Arena clan, a family belonging to the powerful 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, allegedly made a fortune by supplying services for the center at Isola di Capo Rizzuto and syphoning off money from the state destined for the migrants.
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Police arrested Leonardo Sacco, the 35-year-old head of the Catholic Misericordia association which runs the center. Local priest Edoardo Scordio was also detained in the sting.
"Some 32 million euros ($35 million) went straight into the clan's pocket," assistant prosecutor Vincenzo Luberto said, adding that Scordio had received 150 Scarpe Nike Air Max 97 Saldi ,000 euros for offering "spiritual guidance" to migrants.
Police say the Arena clan, through Sacco, awarded contracts for services such as food supplies to associations it set up specifically for the purpose.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Seven Filipino men suspected to be Abu Sayyaf militants have been arrested in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian police said in a statement Thursday.
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The suspects worked as security guards at several private firms in Selangor, a state on the west coast of Malaysia, and Kuala Lumpur, it said.
Police said a 22-year-old suspect among the seven had fought the Philippines security forces and was involved in kidnapping in the southern Philippines.
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