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CHINA: Elite university students volunteer to teach in less-developed west China
26.05.2011
A group of seventeen postgraduate students from China's elite Peking University will spend one year as teaching volunteers in the country's remote and underdeveloped western regions starting in August.This will be the 13th such team that the university, famed for excellency in humanities and social sciences, has sent student volunteers to teach for one year in Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shanxi and Henan of central and western China since 1999.
Today, the economic and social development in western China lags far behind the rest of the country. Due to poverty, quality education is difficult for many people in the western areas to receive.
During talking with Xinhua, many volunteers said the one-year of teaching provides not only an insight into how the school children cope with poverty, but also an opportunity to learn from practices and the masses.
Chinese officials have called on the country's youth, especially those who just joined the labor force after graduation from colleges, to consider exploring their careers at grassroots positions and in rural areas.
Hailing the volunteer program, Zhou Qifeng, president of Peking University, said the students have learnt a lot through working in the western regions.
In a letter dated May 10, Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed satisfaction with the work of student volunteers from Peking University after receiving a letter from the 18 volunteers who are now teaching in Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan and Xinjiang.
"I am very satisfied with the progress you have made," Hu said, adding that the volunteer project of Peking University is an effective way to help young students learn from practice and the masses.
Hu said he hope the university could continue the practice, encouraging more young students to grow up to become the backbone of the country.
"It is a big surprise and a great honor," said Zhang Zhendong, who is among the volunteers who wrote the letter to Hu on April 9 to report their work.
Photo: Peking University
Source: Xinhua
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