Why is education the best way to help the poor?

According to reports, by the end of 20 16, there were still more than 43 million rural poor people in China. Poverty is basically a lack of ability to get rid of poverty. To truly and thoroughly lift people out of poverty, the value of precision poverty alleviation can be truly reflected by upgrading and developing human capital and skills in poverty-stricken areas, except by means of economic assistance and resettlement.

The research shows that the investment in primary school, junior high school and senior high school education in rural poverty-stricken areas has gradually increased the contribution to improving the efficiency of poverty alleviation in rural poverty-stricken areas, which is conducive to reducing absolute poverty and long-term poverty, especially increasing the labor force with high school education or above, and has made outstanding contributions to improving the efficiency of poverty alleviation in rural poverty-stricken areas.

Some scholars have found through research that the income gap between urban and rural areas will be reduced by 2.65% for every increase of 1% in the popularization rate of rural high school education in Guangxi, which means that the popularization level of rural high school education has a significant impact on narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. It can be seen that poverty alleviation through education is an important source of strength for poverty alleviation in contiguous poverty-stricken areas. Realizing the popularization of high school education can not only enhance the human capital in contiguous poverty-stricken areas, but also effectively enhance the social capital in this area, which has obvious income-increasing benefits. This "hematopoietic mechanism" to enhance supply capacity is an important way to prevent intergenerational transmission of poverty.

Popularizing high school education and free education in ethnic and contiguous poverty-stricken areas is an important means and way to block the intergenerational transmission of poverty. It is an important measure to invest in education, provide financial services for the poor people in poverty-stricken areas, and let the poor people master the knowledge and skills to get rid of poverty and become rich. It is an effective means to promote the sustainable development of poor areas and poor people, and it is also an important measure to accelerate the implementation of the poverty alleviation project through education.

I hope education can help more areas get rid of poverty!