| Education
in Nyingchi |
| Education in the Nyingchi area began
with the modernization of education in Tibet. Historically,
this mountainous area had no schools except for
those in temples. After the peaceful liberation
in 1951, Tibet began to build schools. Before 1959,
there were ten schools, with 348 students. After
the democratic reform in 1959, the number increased
to 21, including four middle schools. Since the
1980s, education in the Nyingchi area has developed
into a full-fledged system. Now there are 315 primary
schools,12 middle schools and 5 kindergartens,with
18,886 |
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Students
of a high school of the Tibet Autonomous
Region are taking class
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18,886 students. The attendance of school-age children
at these schools has reached 85.6 percent, 18.6 percent
higher than a decade ago.
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Tibet
Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry College |
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In 1989, a special school was established
in Nyingchi for children from Moinba, Lhoba and
other minority groups. This school was named Nyingchi
Minority Group School of Tibet. The first 207 students
were from Moinba, Lhoba, Naxi, Nu, Tibetan Deng
and Sharba minority groups in the bordering counties
of Tibet. Their food, clothing, boarding and transportation
were paid by the State. Now this school has over
70 staff members and 14 classes.Because the ages
of the students are higher than |
normal,the school has started vocational courses so that
the students can work after graduation.
| There is also a college, Tibetan
Agriculture and Husbandry College, in Nyingchi,
which was founded in 1978, based on the Nyingchi
Campus of the Tibetan Nationality College. During
the first decade after its founding, the state invested
over 60 million RMB. To train the teachers and improve
the teaching standards, nearly 100 teachers from
over 20 colleges of other provinces have been worked
here. Now the college has four departments: Agriculture,
Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Forestry Science
and Hydroelectricity, which cover five |
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Students
of Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
College doing field work
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specialties: Agriculture, Husbandry, Veterinary Science,
Forestry Science, and Electric Power System and Automation.
The college also has a Basic Knowledge Department, Cadres'
Training Department and Research Institute of Highland
Ecology.
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Moinba
pupils |
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The Tibetan Nationality College is
larger, covering an area of 100 hectares, the floor
space of the school buildings being 53,000 square
meters. It has an audio-visual education center
and 33 laboratories, as well as a farm, pasture,
forestry center, nursery, orchard, machinery, and
electronics factory and power station _ all for
teaching purposes. The college also has a well-equipped
computer center. The audio-visual education center
relays programs from Tibetan TV, China Central TV
and Central Education TV. The library has a floor
space of 4,000 square meters, with a collection
of over 300,000 books and nearly 1,000 periodicals.
Since its founding 20 years ago, the college has
produced nearly 5,000 graduates, contributing significantly
to agricultural and husbandry development in Tibet. |
The development of education in the Nyingchi area has
resulted in an increase in the local people's educational
level. Before 1959, the illiteracy rate in Nyingchi was
98 percent; now it has been reduced to 70 percent, and
in some villages the rate is 60 percent. In seats of government
departments, the rates range from 5 to 10 percent. |
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