Ethnic Cultures of China Series: Education for Ethnic Minorities

Publisher ‏ : ‎ China Intercontinental Press; 1st edition (August 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 7508511646
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-7508511641

Educational information building in Western China's minority areas has witnessed rapid development. By February 2007, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had realized distance training in new courses in the Uygur language. Xayar Countys teachers of moral education, mathematics and other relevant subjects in the Uygur language, teaching and research personnel and school principals, totaling some 200 people, participated in school-based in-service training in the new courses conducted by the region. Experts in the reform of such courses, backbone teachers and school principals were invited to give guidance, answer questions and conduct interactive exchanges online. Through this means, the minority primary and secondary school teachers in outlying are received training in the new courses, thus enhancing their capabilities to master new text books.