Helping Poor Students Financially 1 I'm training for an exam. Welcome any suggestions. A recent research from the Ministry of Education shows that about 2.63 million college students in China live in poverty, which is about 19 percent of the total 13.5 million enrolling students. Among them, 1.22 million are classified as "extremely poor" students. Higher education institutes in China (across the country) should formulate policies to help poor college students with financial aid. Offering financial aid to poor students will have great effect on preventing them from dropping out of schools.