BBC describes a rural pseudo-boarding school in China and Chinese citizens sacrificing today for a better future tomorrow

Providing an education for children in sparsely-populated rural areas is one of China's major challenges. While the economic and social development of these rural regions has been remarkable, China's coastal cities are racing ahead at an even faster pace. This is from a BBC News article by Andreas Schleicher who is an OECD special adviser for education.

Pupils left behind

That fuels an endless stream of people moving to the cities - students looking for better education, parents looking for work, but also good teachers who are looking for more fulfilling careers.

China has begun to consolidate rural schools into bigger schools which can provide a critical mass of teachers and services.

Hardships
* Parents leave kids to go search for better work in the cities
* Kids stay at school all weak because it takes several hours to go back home
* Competition for teachers to improve teachers
* Those who can afford send kids to the best schools in Shanghai and other major cities
* China is very focused on continuing to hustle and compete and improve and change to copy what is better
* China seems to have been able to convince its citizens to make sacrifices today for a better future tomorrow.


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