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| Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) presents diploma to a graduate during the commencement ceremony held for tuition-free graduates in Beijing Normal University in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2011. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei) |
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A pilot program that offers four-year state-funded undergraduate study programs for future teachers in six of China's elite teaching universities, should be gradually extended nationwide, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday.
Wen made the remarks while attending a graduation ceremony at Beijing Normal University for representatives of the first batch of students to take advantage of the state-funded program.
Initiated in 2007, the pilot program allows six teaching universities in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai,