The New Year is approaching, the festival is in sight, with the winter vacation of major colleges and universities, it is the peak period of the annual college students returning to their hometowns. For those who are far away from home and studying abroad, the Spring Festival means nostalgia and anticipation, and it is also one of the most important moments. But for students who are in relatively financial difficulty, returning home for the Spring Festival can also become a burden.
It is gratifying that in recent years, many colleges and universities have issued special policies to provide subsidies or special assistance for students in need, so that these young people can feel the goodwill and warmth from the campus and society in the cold winter.
According to **, different colleges and universities have different approaches to helping students return to their hometowns. Among them, in order to effectively deal with the travel problems faced by students with financial difficulties when they return to their hometowns during the Spring Festival, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine carried out special funding for travel expenses during the winter vacation of "Fennel" to provide financial support for students in need, and a total of more than 260 students with financial difficulties received funding last year; Minnan Normal University made arrangements in advance, focusing on students who could not afford to buy tickets to return home due to financial difficulties, issuing travel subsidies as soon as possible, and sending "New Year gift packages" to individual students who went out for internships and returned to their hometowns; Anhui University has issued "Warm Winter Care" hardship subsidies to all kinds of students in difficulty, as well as students from Xinjiang and ** who are located in remote hometowns and have a large cost of returning to their hometowns, with a total amount of 19540,000 yuan ......In addition, Tongji University, Southeast University, South China University of Technology, Zhejiang Gongshang University and many other universities have launched similar measures. Behind the different ways of working, there is the same sincerity.
The subsidy ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan is not a large amount compared with the overall budget of the school, but for those students who meet the conditions and do need it, this subsidy is of great significance. The school used funds to "help" those students in difficulty on the way back to their hometowns during the Spring Festival, which can be said to have used the money on the cutting edge, not only to solve the problems of the students in difficulty, but also to give all students a vivid "moral education lesson", so that young people can experience what kindness and care are.
Sometimes, a few hundred yuan more or a few hundred dollars less in a personal account may directly determine whether a student has the opportunity to go home this year. Every summer, many students choose to stay in school, most of them because of internships, clubs, travel and other activities, but some people give up the opportunity to go home in order to save living expenses, and even use all their spare time to work to earn money. In this case, the winter break, which coincides with the Chinese New Year, may be the only time in a year for some students to go home and reunite with their loved ones. However, due to financial problems, some students can only grit their teeth and choose to stay in school. At this time, it would undoubtedly be great if the school could lend a helping hand and resolve their worries.
The essence of education is not only to teach, but also to educate people. Whether or not we can think about what students think and what students are anxious about at critical moments is the touchstone for testing the success of a school's education. Regardless of the size of the school, whether the reputation of the school is large or small, or whether the capital budget is sufficient, all of China's institutions of higher learning exist for the purpose of cultivating students into talents. To achieve this goal, it is necessary not only to impart knowledge to students, but also to let students spend a sunny campus life, and try to help students solve real-world problems.
The more people who have experienced wind and rain, the more they will hold up an umbrella for others. Those young people who have received help from the school are more likely to have a grateful heart in the future and pass on the kindness further. This is also the ideal state that our society is constantly striving for.
Yang Xinyu **China Youth Daily.
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