China News Service, Beijing, July 2 (Reporter Liu Dawei) The 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council "Education Development and Rights Protection in China's Ethnic Areas" was held on the 2nd.
The conference was co-hosted by the Chinese Society for Human Rights and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Experts and scholars from Chinese and foreign universities and research institutions attended the meeting.
Ye Hailin, deputy director of the International Cooperation Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in his opening speech that the world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Globalization is irreversible.
Education is the bridge that promotes international exchange and understanding, and the foundation of global peace and development.
When talking about issues related to the national common language, Ma Rong, a professor at Peking University, said that there are various models of language policies in various countries, and the formulation of policies is based on the history and current situation of the country.
But no matter which mode, mastering the common language of the country has become an important condition for citizens of the country to participate in public life, achieve employment and development.
Moreover, the proficiency of mastering the common language of the country actually determines the degree of participation and development space of each national in various fields.
Regarding the protection of languages of various ethnic groups, Zhou Qingsheng, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, introduced China's policies on scientifically protecting Chinese dialects and minority language resources.
He said that China adheres to the language strategy of "diversity of subjects", coordinately handles and vigorously promotes the national standard spoken and written language, and scientifically protects the languages of all ethnic groups.
In order to scientifically protect the spoken and written languages of various ethnic groups, the Chinese government has allocated a large amount of funds and employed personnel from universities and research institutes, which have achieved initial results.
Scholars at the meeting also expressed their views on the education of minority groups in various countries.
Jiu Maocuo, a professor at the School of Economics and Management of Tibet University, sorted out the achievements of Tibetan education from backward feudal serfdom monastery education to the establishment of a socialist modern education system, and pointed out that the reason for these achievements is that the education departments at all levels in Tibet are in the form of school-running. , school size, enrollment methods, teaching content, teaching methods, teacher training, etc., fully consider the characteristics of the Tibetan nationality and local characteristics of Tibet, and formulate policies according to local conditions.
During the meeting that day, Chinese and foreign scholars also conducted in-depth discussions on boarding schools in various regions.
Scholars at home and abroad agree that boarding schools in China's ethnic areas are for children to receive a better education. These areas are often sparsely populated, and it is often inconvenient for children to go to school.
Some ethnic minority students choose to return to their hometowns after studying in boarding schools to promote local development.
Scholars believe that the attacks on boarding schools in China's ethnic areas by so-called "experts" such as German Zheng Guoen and some foreign forces are rumors and slander for political purposes.
Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, president of the Asian Ecological Civilization Research and Development Institute, said that boarding schools in ethnic areas in China are completely different concepts from boarding schools for aboriginal Canadians in history. Some people in the West Confusing these two concepts is not really concerned with human rights in China, but a malicious propaganda that stigmatizes and smears education in China's ethnic areas under the guise of human rights, with the aim of containing or even undermining China's development.
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