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.
( October 21, 2001)