China News Service, Lhasa, August 16th: Beijing Aid to Tibet: Poverty Alleviation and Wisdom Support with the Concept of "Hongzhi Education"

  Chinanews reporter Gunsang Ram

  "The epidemic has hit recently. Every day I follow the teachers' circle of friends and the news of the epidemic in Lhasa." Zhu Chunping, the ninth batch of cadres who aided Tibet and the former principal of Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School, has returned to Beijing after the expiry of his aid to Tibet. The Tibetan love in his heart always fills his mind.

  Zhu Chunping is a senior teacher in Beijing No. 12 Middle School and a special-grade teacher in Beijing. He has been engaged in education for 27 years. As a member of the ninth batch of cadres in Tibet, he joined the education work of Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School after entering Tibet. middle.

The data picture shows the book purchased by the Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class.

Photo courtesy of Beijing's aid to Tibet

  During the interview, the reporter learned that in 2014, Beijing invested 250 million yuan (RMB, the same below) to transform the original Lhasa No. 2 Senior High School into a Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School and become a public boarding complete middle school.

  However, in the process of assisting the school, the teachers who aided Tibet found that some students in the school were facing dropping out due to family difficulties.

In 2017, the Beijing-Tibet Aid Headquarters funded the establishment of the "Jing-Tibet Hongzhi Class" in the Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School, arranging 400,000 yuan for each class to run the school every year, and opening a door for students from poor families to file and register in Lhasa. The door of the school.

  Up to now, the Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class has a total of 9 classes, 5 of which have graduated, and 4 classes with 151 students in the school, benefiting a total of 337 families.

In the 2022 college entrance examination, the 42 students in the Hongzhi class have an undergraduate enrollment rate of 100%, and the re-entry rate is also as high as 85.71%.

  "Education is an important way to prevent the intergenerational transmission of poverty." Zhu Chunping said, "Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class" draws on the educational concept of Beijing Hongzhi to provide high-quality educational resources for children in poverty-stricken areas in Lhasa, so that these poor students have the opportunity to accept To a good education, it truly implements the requirement of "helping the poor first, and helping the poor must help the wisdom", thus effectively preventing the transmission of intergenerational poverty.

The data picture shows the students of Jingzang Hongzhi class at school.

Photo courtesy of Beijing's aid to Tibet

  "The starting point of setting up the Hongzhi class is to make up for the shortcomings. The initial students are all registered households." Zhu Chunping introduced that starting from 2021, with the completion of poverty alleviation and the increase of national education support, the Hongzhi class will be selected. When I was a student, I not only supported relatively poor children, but also took care of students with excellent academic performance and focused on cultivating these children.

  The reporter learned that Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School has continuously practiced and innovated in the Hongzhi class project, and formulated five major projects for the Hongzhi class, including basic guarantee, academic improvement, cultural construction, curriculum innovation, and comprehensive quality training.

  "In order to enable students to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and comprehensively, extracurricular science and technology, physical education, art and other courses are offered to the Hongzhi class." The promotion of extended courses is an issue that Zhu Chunping pays attention to and advocates. Tennis, football, etc. , dance classes, chorus and science and technology robotics classes, aeromodelling classes, etc., have greatly enriched students' extracurricular life.

  In order to meet the needs of teachers and students, the school is equipped with dance clothing, tennis equipment, football equipment, robot production equipment, model aircraft equipment and other complete facilities and equipment.

At the same time, professional coaches and teachers are hired to guide the students, and actively guide the students of the "Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class" to learn well and excel with the help of high-quality teaching resources.

  As a local native teacher, Nima Panduo, director of the Ideological and Political Office of Lhasa Beijing Experimental Middle School, has personally witnessed and witnessed the nearly 5-year development process of the "Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class" from scratch and from weak to strong.

  "The school has solved all the worries for the children." Nima Pando said that based on the actual situation of Beijing-Tibet Hongzhisheng's difficult life, the school promptly purchased and distributed daily necessities, clothing, medicines, etc., for Hongzhisheng, "even issued face washes. Basin, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, etc., to meet the daily needs of Hongzhi class students and help them solve their financial burden.”

  The Hongzhisheng nutrition improvement plan is implemented, and each Hongzhisheng is given a standard nutritional supplement of 5 yuan per day. Children can have bread, milk and other snacks at school every day, and they have been fully supplemented in terms of nutrition.

The data picture shows the learning and daily necessities distributed by the students of the Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class.

Photo courtesy of Beijing's aid to Tibet

  At the end of each semester, the school organizes all Hongzhi classes to add extended supplementary lessons for cultural courses.

The Hongzhi Scholarship is established to continuously improve the reward mechanism to improve students' enthusiasm for learning.

At the same time, buy high-quality books for Hongzhi class students, and strive to guide students to develop a good habit of reading, increase their reading volume, and expand their knowledge reserves.

  "The children in the Hongzhi class are very united, and they are also grateful and striving to progress and grow." Nima Pando said that the children actively participated in the school's annual organization of museum visits, team development training, volunteer services and other social practice activities.

In addition, the school organizes students to study in Beijing every year, go to Tiananmen Square to watch the national flag hoist, go to Guangqumen Middle School to trace the origin of the Hongzhi class, and take students to climb the Great Wall...

The data picture shows the cultural propaganda wall of the Beijing-Tibet Hongzhi Class.

Photo courtesy of Beijing's aid to Tibet

  "Beijing education aid to Tibet not only brings material assistance and support to the children, but more importantly, deeply implants the seeds of patriotic education into the hearts of students." Nima Pando said that the practical activities can not only broaden the students' understanding Vision, increase students' knowledge, improve the cohesion of each class, and cultivate a good class style and study style. "Today, the Hongzhi class has become the most yearning class for every student." (End)