Related News
Yunnan education officials stop unauthorized school from holding classes
By Zhang Xuanchen |
December 24, 2010, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
VOLUNTEERS in Yunnan Province who taught a group of children belonging to migrant workers were ordered to stop by education authorities in Yunnan Province for running an unauthorized school.
The volunteers, most of whom are college graduates, said they couldn't afford to rent a 200-square-meter room arranged by education officials and had to suspend the classes to comply with the government ruling that the unauthorized school violated the law, People's Daily reported today.
The students, mostly children whose parents are non-locals with busy work schedules and don't have time to take care of them, were left wandering on the streets of Kunming City, the provincial capital, after the classes were stopped, the report said.
Before the December 7 ruling, the children were taught English and were supervised while doing homework in a bookstore. The children were also taken on occasional outings.
The teaching group's leader, Yan Duansu, a graduate from Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, told People's Daily she thought of becoming a volunteer after she witnessed a child drown to death when playing along a river bank. Yan said the accident happened because the child was unaccompanied by his parents, who were working at the time.
Yan decided to "do something" in August 2009 and she soon found some 20 other volunteers, most of whom were college mates. A bookstore owner agreed to provide the 25-square-meter bookshop for the classes.
The classes began in August 2009 and the number of kids increased from three to more than 20. Yan said they had charged a total of 2,300 yuan (US$ 346.78) to buy books, stationeries and other materials. Yan stressed the volunteers never took a penny for themselves, the report said.
Yang Siting, a child who attended the classes, told the newspaper that her mother forced the volunteers to accept 200 yuan because her parents felt "guilty" for occupying so much of their time.
The volunteers told People's Daily that they had written letters requesting education authorities to reverse the decision on December 15, but they had yet to receive a response.
The volunteers, most of whom are college graduates, said they couldn't afford to rent a 200-square-meter room arranged by education officials and had to suspend the classes to comply with the government ruling that the unauthorized school violated the law, People's Daily reported today.
The students, mostly children whose parents are non-locals with busy work schedules and don't have time to take care of them, were left wandering on the streets of Kunming City, the provincial capital, after the classes were stopped, the report said.
Before the December 7 ruling, the children were taught English and were supervised while doing homework in a bookstore. The children were also taken on occasional outings.
The teaching group's leader, Yan Duansu, a graduate from Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, told People's Daily she thought of becoming a volunteer after she witnessed a child drown to death when playing along a river bank. Yan said the accident happened because the child was unaccompanied by his parents, who were working at the time.
Yan decided to "do something" in August 2009 and she soon found some 20 other volunteers, most of whom were college mates. A bookstore owner agreed to provide the 25-square-meter bookshop for the classes.
The classes began in August 2009 and the number of kids increased from three to more than 20. Yan said they had charged a total of 2,300 yuan (US$ 346.78) to buy books, stationeries and other materials. Yan stressed the volunteers never took a penny for themselves, the report said.
Yang Siting, a child who attended the classes, told the newspaper that her mother forced the volunteers to accept 200 yuan because her parents felt "guilty" for occupying so much of their time.
The volunteers told People's Daily that they had written letters requesting education authorities to reverse the decision on December 15, but they had yet to receive a response.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
