Tibet • Education

TIBET • EDUCATION

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SISTER SCHOOL PROJECT The goal of the sister school project is to compile contact information of schools in different regions of the world to provide the possibility of establishing sister school relationships. The sister school project will be accomplished through the following three components: pictures/images of schools around the world, a forum (as internet access allows) where students from different schools can discuss student life, and written correspondence between schools and students where internet access is not possible.

Dengba Primary School
Location/Contact info: Dengba, Tibet (near Markham) Ages of students: 7-13 Number of students: 180 Number of teachers: 14 teachers Subjects:Tibetan, Chinese, English and Math School related activities: basketball and soccer are popular activities. There is a dirt basketball court in the back schoolyard. Hours of school day: School starts at 8:00 in the morning and usually ends around 7:00 in the evening (although some classes continue until 9:30 pm). Daily Life: Nei Long School is also a bording school. The school provides 3 boys' and 3 girls' dorms. Eighteen students live in one dorm room. Meals: Being a bording school, students eat three meals a day at the school. Typical breakfasts include tsampa (roasted barley flour) mixed with yak butter tea and thukpa (Tibetan flat noodle soup) is popular for lunch or dinner. Free Time : Everyday students have from 1:20 pm until 3:20 pm free for lunch time and relaxation.

Nei Long School
Name: Nei Long School Location/Contact info: Nei Long , Tibet (25 km southwest of Dingri) Ages of students: 7-13 Number of students: 180 Number of teachers: 14 teachers Subjects:Tibetan, Chinese, English and Math School related activities: basketball and soccer are popular activities. There is a dirt basketball court in the back schoolyard. Hours of school day: School starts at 8:00 in the morning and usually ends around 7:00 in the evening (although some classes continue until 9:30 pm).Click image above to see more pictures from this school Daily Life: Nei Long School is also a bording school. The school provides 3 boys' and 3 girls' dorms. Eighteen students live in one dorm room. Meals: Being a bording school, students eat three meals a day at the school. Typical breakfasts include tsampa (roasted barley flour) mixed with yak butter tea and thukpa (Tibetan flat noodle soup) is popular for lunch or dinner. Free Time : Everyday students have from 1:20 pm until 3:20 pm free for lunch time and relaxation.

Ke La Xiang School (elevation of school: 4100m)
Location/Contact info:small mainly Tibetan village 30 kilometers east of Litang, Sichuan Province, China Ages of students: around 7-12 years old Number of students: about 60 Number of teachers: about 4 Subjects students learn : Mandarin Chinese, Tibetan, Math, Art, Music Hours of school day: often 7:30 am to about 4:00 pm, 6 days/wk (Saturday until 12:00pm) Age of School: 1 year old Morning Exercises: Unlike other schools we have visited where morning exercises are more structured, here students do a traditional Tibetan dance for 15 minutes for morning exercise. Note: Because the Ke La Xiang school is located within the traditional, forner border of Tibet, and most students and teachers are Tibetan, we included it on the Tibet Education page as well.


EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES PROJECT The educator perspectives project highlights the life of educators through interviews and surveys. The following are a sampling of typical questions asked: How many subjects do you teach? How do you get to work? How long is your workday? Approximately how much do you earn monthly? What level of respect does an educator hold in your country? What level of education is needed to be a teacher in your country? How many students are in your class? How do you discipline your students?

Lpa Dan
Age: 35 years old Location: Nei Long, Tibet Subject: English How many years have you been teaching?13 years at the same school How many subjects do you teach? 2 subjects: English and Tibetan How do you get to work? walking (lives in local village) How many students are in your class?on average, there are 40 students per class What type of training did you undergo to become a teacher? Lpa Dan attended two years of university in Lhasa, Tibet as training to become a teacher. Lpa Dan in one of his classrooms How long is your workday? The school day starts at 8:00 am and ends at about 9:30 pm. Teachers must be at school most of those hours. They have two hours free in the afternoon when students have lunch/free time. Many teachers live in dormitories at the school near the students dorms.

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