Gansu Tibetan primary students receive bilingual courses

Labrang Tibetan Primary School in northwest China's Gansu province has decided to promote bilingual teaching by providing both Tibetan and Chinese courses for students.

Yue Caiyun, a teacher at Labrang Tibetan Primary School teaches students Chinese, on March 5. [Photo/ Xinhua.com.cn]

The school is located in Xiahe county in the Gannan Tibet autonomous prefecture of Gansu province and has more than 1,000 Tibetan students. To enable students to learn Chinese at a young age, the school has opened Chinese courses in recent years, with the teachers encouraging students to learn Chinese and trying to make Chinese courses popular among students.

Labrang Tibetan Primary School students read Chinese in class. [Photo/ Xinhua.com.cn]

Edited by Jacob Hooson