Children subsidized to get education in Tibet

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All schools in Tibet have bilingual education in Tibetan and Chinese, with some of the schools also teaching English.

All schools in Tibet have bilingual education in Tibetan and Chinese, with some of the schools also teaching English.

In 2008, 45,000 boarding students benefited from the subsidy policy. 98 percent of them are from farming and herding families.

The Lhasa city government says it will extend the subsidies to senior middle school students from rural families starting from September.

Editor:Zhang Ning