Current location:Culture Cross news portal > style
Boarding Schools Ensure Fairer Education in Tibet
Culture Cross news portal2024-05-21 17:01:46【style】9People have gathered around
IntroductionContact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom
- Home
- News
- People
- In-depth
- ACWF
Boarding Schools Ensure Fairer Education in Tibet
March 31, 2023BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) — The boarding school system in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has ensured that both rural and urban students can equally receive quality education and the will of the parents and students is fully respected when choosing to live in the schools or not, China Daily reported Wednesday, citing opinions of experts on education.
The system has been proven suitable for Tibet, with its vast land and sparse population. It is welcomed by both the students and parents, especially those in pastoral areas, said Sherab Nyima, a professor with Minzu University of China, at an international symposium on education modernization and protection of the rights to education in Tibet.
"Students in pastoral areas had previously experienced difficulties in going to schools. To solve the problems, boarding schools have been set up. Those schools have enabled children from rural and pastoral areas to equally receive education," Sherab Nyima was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
Many Tibetan experts and scholars who are from remote areas in Tibet attended boarding schools and then pursued higher education. Setting up boarding schools in areas with harsh natural environments and sparse population has been a common practice in China to protect children's right to education. It has never been a practice targeting Tibet, he noted.
The recent claims that Tibetan students are taken away from their families and forced to live in the schools are groundless and have a clear political agenda, Xiao Jie, deputy director of the Institute of Contemporary Studies at the China Tibetology Research Center, was quoted as saying.
"It is necessary to make clear that although many schools in Tibet provide accommodation, it is up to the students and their parents to choose if they want to live in the schools or not," said Xiao, who just returned from Tibet after carrying out research on boarding schools in the region.
Some students' homes are about 40 kilometers and even 100 km from the school, so it is only reasonable for them to live at school. Also, it is not practical to set up schools in villages that may only have five households, according to Xiao.
"Also, the schools offer lessons on Tibetan language and culture, so it's nonsense to say that the schools are there to erase Tibetan culture. In contrast, the students may learn more about Tibetan culture at the schools," Xiao was quoted as saying.
(Source: Xinhua)
32.3KPlease understand that womenofchina.cn,a non-profit, information-communication website, cannot reach every writer before using articles and images. For copyright issues, please contact us by emailing: [email protected]. The articles published and opinions expressed on this website represent the opinions of writers and are not necessarily shared by womenofchina.cn.
Comments
Magazines
Projects
- 2023 Women Science and Technology Innovation Pioneer...
Photos
- People Enjoy Blooming Tulips in Jinan, East...
- Flowers Bloom Across China in Spring
Special Coverage
Address of this article:http://bahamas.quotesbonanza.com/news-72c799914.html
Very good!(988)
Related articles
- Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana
- Farmers Busy with Spring Farming Across China
- Shanghai International Film Festival ready for action this June
- China to Boost Employment of People Emerging from Poverty
- Kristin Cavallari, 37, ignores critics of her age
- China National Botanical Garden Inaugurated in Beijing
- To invest in China is to invest future: FM spokesperson
- Postgraduate Exam More Competitive
- Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
- Farmers Work in Sugar Cane Fields in Dahua Township, Guangxi
Popular articles
Recommended
Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
Survey Highlights Sources of Anxiety in Young Chinese
Chinese embassy urges U.S., UK and Australia to stop forming exclusionary blocs
China Focus: Children's Literature in Tibetan Language Turns New Page
NBA playoffs: Edwards leads Wolves to 98
China Focus: Digitalization Helps More People in China Discover Joy of Reading
Traditional Chinese Medicines Beneficial in Treatment of COVID
Ancient Water
Links
- Incredible footage shows pod of killer whales circle blue shark off the coast of California
- Major changes coming to Qantas' frequent flyer program
- Do bears, wolves and lynx live in your favourite holiday hotspot? In
- What it's REALLY like to au pair for the uber rich: 24
- The future of entertainment? Inside the world's first 'Hologram Zoo' in Australia
- I cycled 625 miles around Taiwan without ANY training
- Meet the 'AIRLINE nepo baby': 23
- Holiday firm On The Beach takes to social media to fire back at 'abusive, snobby and fat
- Five of the world's most arduous bus journeys, from a 5
- Trump comments on Russia, NATO 'appalling and unhinged'