State Councilor urges beefing up education in ethnic areas

NANNING, Dec. 7 (Chinese media) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong said that

more financial and personnel resources should be put into education in areas

heavily populated by ethnic minorities.

Liu, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of

China (CPC) Central Committee, recently inspected higher education, vocational

education and basic education in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region as the

region celebrates the 50th anniversary of founding.

Liu said funds for education should go up along with growth of fiscal

revenues, efforts should be made in improving school buildings and bettering

nutrition of students, more programs should be initiated for teachers' training

in those areas, and vocational education should be developed towards a

tuition-free system.

Liu also asked local governments to promote better curriculum designs for

schools and ethics education among students.