China is enjoying a new prosperity, but this does not affect everyone. Especially in rural communities, poverty persists. The schools in the affluent urban areas are better. Those in rural communities lag behind. No country I have visited (including my own) has solved the problem of offering equal opportunity to all of its children.
In some areas, children attend excellently equipped public schools; in others, there is a lack of basic schools supplies. The Chinese government is aware of the difficulty, but like the US government, it has difficulty addressing it.
Children at the Confucius Elementary School in Nanjing.
At a visit to He Feang, a rural community outside Nanjing, we presented school supplies to a girl who attained top grades this year. She is twelve, but is the size of an American seven year old.
Nutrition is probably an issue The parents are dead, and she lives with her grandfather, a subsistence farmer.
For affluent children, the Nanjing Kentucky Fried Chicken is a celebration spot, especially for birthdays.
1 comment:
it really is sad that this problem exist in all countries, but it sure is difficult to get teachers to those rural and urban areas.
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