BECE. Newsletter 

Vol.7, No.2, 2021 1007 

 

 

 

 

The Important Role of Education in the Targeted-

Poverty Alleviation 

By Meng, Z., Hao, W., Hong, S., & Wang, Z. 
Correspondence to: Wenwu Hao, Professor, School of Education, Shaanxi Nor-

mal University, China. Email: haowenwu@snnu.edu.cn 

SURVEY published in Journal of East China Normal University (Edu-

cational Sciences) selected peasant households (including the poverty 

and non-poverty families) from contiguous poor areas in northwestern China 

and analyzed the data through four dimensions of the relationship between 

the rural family economy and the of educational development. 

The results are as follows: 

 The income or consumption structure of peasant households is rela-

tively simple and the development difference between poverty and 

non-poverty families is significantly obvious. The deepen degree of 

the poverty family, the heavier burden it carries in educational in-

vestment, while the input intensity increase gradually. 

 Education has a significant positive effect in promoting the econom-

ic development of peasant households. What is worse, for the peas-

ant households, a lower level of human capital will cause a signifi-

cant in the quality structure of human resources and subsequent in-

tergenerational transmission, along with the severe aging of the pop-

ulation. 

 The main factors behind the poverty among different peasant house-

holds are basically the same, but the attribution tendency is obvious. 

They are satisfied with the intensity and methods of poverty allevia-

tion; however, problems like the lack of precise supply, knowledge, 

and goal establishment still exist. 

 The vast majority of the poverty and non-poverty families believe 

that education can make their children develop better and improve 

the family economic status, and they all hope that their children can 

receive undergraduate education. Most of the former consider that 

participation in skill training is useful for getting rid of poverty and 

become better off, while the latter believe conversely. In terms of 

urgent and important educational details, they value the financial aid 

for education, daily health care, and disaster prevention and mitiga-

tion. 

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Vol.7, No.2, 2021 1008 

Source: Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 

2020; 38(12):109-120.