Temania

[Wu Han]

Premier Chuanli Supports Students with Additional Funding for National University System, Youth Programs
24 August 5709

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For thousands of years prior to the establishment of the People's Republic, education at every level had been an exclusive privilege for those with the means to afford it. For families with wealth, students could be sent to the very finest schools in Temania, whereas the poor would be forced to languish in illiteracy. The ruling class, whether colonial or national bourgeois, was not concerned with illiteracy, for access to education makes one's obedience and subservience to such a ruling class impossible. It was estimated that prior to the establishment of the People's Republic, the literacy rate stood at between 30-35%.

It was only in 5496, under the revolutionary leadership of Comrade Premier Suratman, that the nation's illiteracy and general lack of education was finally addressed through the People's Education Service. For the first time, education was made free and available to all, from the primary to tertiary levels. As a result, the People's Republic of Temania has achieved a literacy rate of nearly 96% as of 5709, lest we ever forget these great strides achieved through the National People's Revolution.

Speaking to a group of students at the National University of Temania in Redekarta, Premier Chuanli reaffirmed the commitment of the People's Republic to its young people. To this end, the comrade Premier announced significant additional funding for the National University System, intended to expand and modernize campus facilities, increase the overall number of educators, and ensure that "every single Temanian can attend a world-class university."

"The People's Republic cherishes and depends upon the youth, who will carry forth the revolutionary flame," said Premier Chuanli. "Our nation will never return to the dark days of ignorance and illiteracy, inequality and intolerance, so long as our future leaders remain well-educated."

Premier Chuanli attributes the rising trend of gangsterism and hooliganism to shortcomings in our socialist education system and social policies directed towards uplifting the youth, issues which he and the Party are ardently committed to redressing. While at the National University, the comrade Premier also announced new programs aimed at providing services to youth, including extracurricular athletics, art classes, tutoring and social clubs, intended "to allow for complete flourishing and expression of the whole personality of each individual in our society."

Glory to the National People's Revolution!

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