Item 4: Positive Examples, Good Practices and
Approaches, and Space or More
Distinguished Chairman,
I am Liu Yang from the China Ethnic Minorities’ Association
for
External
Exchanges.
The
United
Nations
Sustainable
Development Goals advocate for “eradicating all forms of poverty
worldwide” and “ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education
and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all”. In China, we
adhere to the concept of “prioritizing education in poverty
alleviation” with a special emphasis on the educational development
of ethnic minorities. Now, I will share with you some practices for
supporting the education of ethnic minorities in China.
In order to ensure that all citizens have equal opportunities for
education, the Compulsory Education Law of the People’s Republic
of China stipulates that all school-age children and adolescents of
the People’s Republic of China shall, in accordance with law, enjoy
the equal right to receive compulsory education, regardless of sex,
ethnicity, race, family financial conditions, religious belief, and
more. To improve the relatively underdeveloped education in ethnic
areas, China has organized large numbers of excellent teachers from
economically developed eastern provinces to provide pairing
assistance for these ethnic areas. In 2018, the Implementation Plan
for Poverty Alleviation Through Education in Severely Impoverished