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Education in Tibet

Policy and Practice since 1950

Catriona Bass

Provides a comprehensive overview of education provision and policy in the Tibet Autonomous Region under Chinese rule.
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Description

This is the first book in English, or any other Western language, to give a comprehensive overview of education provision and policy in thje Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) during the half century since China asserted control over the region. The author sets her modern history of education in the TAR against the wider context of the political and educational shifts which have taken place in China since the Communist Party cam to power in 1949.

Catriona Bass presents the best information available about each educational sector, focussing on issues such as access, funding, quality of provision, the little-known role of the monasteries in education and the controversial issue of the medium of instruction. She also uses a judicious combination of sources including first-hand observation, interviews with Tibetan refugees and with educationalists in China and Tibet, and official sources in both Chinese and Tibetan. Some of the statistical data here has not been made outside China before.

This unique work is essential reading for Sinologists and for those with a general interest in education in China, as well as those with a specific interest in Tibet

Author Bio

Catriona Bass is a scholar of Tibetan and Russian history. She has taught at Hubei University in Wuhan and previously worked for the Lhasa City Government Education Department and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences. Her other works include Inside the Treasure House: A Time in Tibet (1990).

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I
    • 1. Background
    • 2. Red or Expert: Shifting Priorities in Education, 1950-1978
    • 3. Socialist Modernisation, 1978-97
    • 4. Regional Disparity in Education Provision
  • Part II
    • 5. Primary Education
    • 6. Funding of Primary Education: Urban versus Rural
    • 7. General Secondary Education
    • 8. Vocational Secondary Education
    • 9. Higher Education
    • 10.Pre-school Education, Education for Girls, Special Needs Education
    • 11. Teachers and Teaching
    • 12. Tibetan Language Policy in Education
  • 13. Concluding Comments

Reviews

'The most important contribution to the subject so far. It will serve as an indispensable source for many years to come.'
Heather Stoddard, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris

'Informative, useful... there is no comparable book.'
Jin Lixian, De Montfort University

'Well researched, balanced and scholarly, this is the first and only book in English to deal with educational development in Tibet. A remarkable achievement.'
Tsering Shakya, SOAS

Details

Publication Date: 1 December 1998
320 pages

Product ISBNs: Paperback: 9781856496742
Library Edition: 9781856496735

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