An Analysis of the Features of the Implementation of Education Policies for Poverty Alleviation in the “Three Districts and Three Prefectures” from the Perspective of Educational Governance

Targeted poverty alleviation and modernization of educational governance point the way to innovative practice for the transformation of poverty governance in China. Through the text analysis of various of education policies for poverty alleviation at the national level and in provinces (and autonomous regions) involving "three districts and three prefectures", this research finds that the policy implementation presents three main features:multi-agent participation, clear responsibility of agents, and embedded assistance. Behind the three features lies the localized practice of multi-dimensional poverty theory, the attempt of governance with multi-agent collaborative interaction, the policy interaction between central and local interests, and the logic of embedded assistance for educational poverty alleviation at county and village levels.