【正文】 s, and on their educational system, forms, curricula, the language used in instruction and enrollment procedures. Article 37 The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall independently develop education for the nationalities by eliminating illiteracy, setting up various kinds of schools, spreading nineyear pulsory education, developing regular senior secondary education and secondary vocational and technical education in various forms, and developing higher education, where possible and necessary, so as to train specialized people from among all the minority nationalities. The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall set up public primary schools and secondary schools, mainly boarding schools and schools providing subsidies, in pastoral areas and economically underdeveloped, sparsely populated mountain areas inhabited by minority nationalities, so as to ensure that the students at school acplish their schooling at the pulsory education stage. The expenses for running schools and for subsidies shall be handled by the local governments. If it is difficult for the local governments to do so, the governments at a higher level shall give them allowances. Schools (classes and grades) and other institutions of education where most of the students e from minority nationalities shall, whenever possible, use textbooks in their own languages and use their languages as the media of instruction. Classes for the teaching of Chinese (the Han language) shall, where possible, be opened for junior or senior grades of primary schools to popularize putonghua (the mon speech based on Beijing pronunciation) and standard Chinese characters. People39。s governments at various levels shall give financial support to the pilation translation and publishing of teaching materials and publications in languages of minority nationalities. Article 38 The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall independently develop literature, art, the press, publishing, radio broadcasting, the film industry, television and other cultural undertakings in forms and with characteristics unique to the nationalities, and increase their input in cultural undertakings, provide improved cultural facilities and speed up the development of various cultural undertakings. The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall make arrangements for the units or departments concerned and support them in their efforts to collect, sort out, translate and publish historical and cultural books of minority nationalities and protect the scenic spots and historical sites in their areas, their precious cultural relics and their other important historical and cultural legacies, so as to inherit and develop their outstanding traditional culture. Article 39 The organs of selfgovernment on national autonomous areas shall make independent decisions on local plans for developing science and technology and spreading knowledge of science and technology. Article 40 The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall make independent decisions on plans for developing local medical and health services and for advancing both modern medicine and the traditional medicine of the nationalities. The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall see to a more effective prevention and control of contagious and endemic diseases, provide better protection for the health of women and children, and improve medical and sanitary conditions. Article 41 The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall independently develop sports, promote the traditional sports of the nationalities and improve the physical fitness of the people of the various nationalities. Article 42 The organs of selfgovernment of the national autonomous areas shall strive to develop exchanges and cooperation with other areas in education, science and technology, culture and art, public health, sports, etc. In accordance with relevant State provisions, the organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous regions and autonomous prefectures may conduct exchanges with foreign countries in education, science and technology, culture and art, public health, sports, etc. Article 43 In accordance with legal stipulations, the organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall work out measures for control of the transient population. Article 44 The policy of family planning and good prenatal and postnatal care shall be carried out in national autonomous areas in order to enhance the population quality of all the nationalities. In accordance with legal stipulations, the organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall, in the light of local conditions, work out measures for family planning. Article 45 The organs of selfgovernment of national autonomous areas shall protect and improve the living environment and the ecological environment and shall prevent and control pollution and other public hazards, so as to bring about the coordinated development of population, resources and environment. Chapter IV The People39。s Courts and People39。s Procuratorates of National Autonomous Areas Article 46 The People39。s Courts and People39。s Procuratorates of national autonomous areas shall be responsible to the people39。s congresses at corresponding levels and their standing mittees. The People39。s Procuratorates of national autonomous areas shall also be responsible to the People39。s Procuratorates at higher levels. The administration of justice by the People39。s Courts of national autonomous areas shall be supervised by the Supreme People39。s Court and by People39。s Courts at higher levels. The work of the People39。s Procuratorates of national autonomous areas shall be directed by the Supreme People39。s Procuratorate and by the People39。s Procuratorates at higher levels. Members of the leadership and of the staff of the Pe