[PW] ? Education in China

[Mark Rego]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 3:44 PM, BETZ-ZALL, JONATHAN
<jbetzzall at highline.edu> wrote:
> 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
> na
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
> [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
> 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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