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One
Million Tibetans Trained in School
(10/22/2001)
The number of students studying at the primary and secondary schools
and universities in China's Tibet Autonomous Region totaled 380,000,
accounting for 15 percent of its total population, a regional education
official said in Lhasa Saturday.
The figure excludes the number of people recruited by schools in
other parts of China, said Wu Yingjie, director of the Tibet Regional
Education Department.
At present, Tibet has a population of 2.6 million, of which 1
million have received regular education. The rate of illiteracy
in the region has dropped from 44.7 percent in 1991 to present 32
percent.
The region has invested 2.7 billion yuan in building new schools
with a total floor space of 1 million square meters over the past
five years.
(People's Daily)
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