Zhanghui, vice-chief of the Education Department in Tibet Autonomous Region, said that by 2005, the Region will popularize the six-year compulsory education, and by 2010 nine-year compulsory education will be basically realized.

“After fifty years of development, the education in Tibet has obtained great achievements. At present, a comparatively integrated education system, including preschool education, adult education, vocational and technical education and special education from primary school to university, has come into being”, he said.


Tibet has also successfully fetched in a batch of educational projects from overseas. During the “Ninth Five-Year Plan”, more than 5 million dollar educational fund have been fetched in to improve the education quality.

“We will catch the opportunities in West Development to attain a new height in recent years” said Zhanghui. “The education in Tibet should continue to uphold the policy of reform and opening up and enhance international exchange and cooperation if it wants to catch up with the national level”, he added.



From CHR