[PW] ? Education in China

[BETZ-ZALL, JONATHAN]

The wikipedia article states that primary and secondary education is
free in China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Chi
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Here is an IFLA document on Chinese public libraries:
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla62/62-xial.htm
Cheerio!  Jonathan

Jonathan Betz-Zall
Reference Librarian/Instructor
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
(206)878-3710 ext 3232
jbetzzall at highline.edu  

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Mary Barna
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:33 PM
To: Project Wombat
Subject: [PW] ? Education in China

Our County Library System is going to do a fund drive for a Chinese
school that lost about one half of their students and teachers in the
earthquake.  The school will be re-built by the government.  We were
told that there is no free education in China, nor are there public
libraries.  Does anyone know how much it costs per year (in dollars) to
send a child to school and if all the schools are boarding schools?  We
were hoping to set up a lending library in the school for the poorer
kids who can't buy their own books, but then I thought maybe a
scholarship?

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Mary Barna, Director
Valley Community Library
739 River Street
Peckville, PA  18452 - 2313
phone: 570.489.1765 ext. 3   fax:  570.383.9657
email: mbarna at albright.org    
webpage: www.lclshome.org/valley
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