China will expand its support for secondary vocational education by offering more students free schooling and improving the grant aid system, authorities vowed on Wednesday. Urban students majoring in agriculture-related subjects or having financial difficulties as well as all rural students will be exempt from tuition fees at secondary vocational schools starting from the fall semester of 2012, according to a statement released after an executive meeting of the State Council, or Chinese Cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao. Currently, only agriculture-related majors and financially challenged students can enjoy tuition exemptions, reports China View