Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Primary school in a cave

Have you ever seen a primary school located inside a mountain?
Here we are. This school is named mid-cave primary school as it sits in one of
three caves inside a mountain. Firstly built in 1984 meant for a teaching branch
for nearby resident units, it now accomodates 186 students with a teaching force
of 8 staff.

Pic one, children, perhaps at grade one or two, study under
natural light.


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Pic 2 and 3, students on the play ground during break.


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pic 4, new classrooms on construction inside the cave.



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pic 5, Creeds hung over classroom, mean perseverant study.

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Humble condition as that, it is still a officially registered
country primary school. I sympathize with students at those poor mountainous
regions. What impress me more is their self-sufficient, optimistic and strong
spirit that bright up the underlightened school.


China has many schools far worse than the mid-cave primary
school considering proper classroom facilities. That is a sad reality that our
government has to solve, and certainly it takes time and efforts. Fortunately,
apart from government subsidies, there are private funds and personal support
added to make their conditions better. I believe, the classrooms, electricity,
tables and stools, as well as the basketball ground, must be funded by them.
That is a better move, for those children, and for our country.


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