Digital education narrows education gap in China
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- 27 Mar 2023
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At the beginning of the new semester, students in Shimenqian Primary School are sharing the books they read over winter holidays through an online reading sharing session with students living in cities.
Located in a remote mountainous area in Xiamadu Town in central China's Hunan Province, this primary school has fewer than 20 students and less education resources compared to urban schools.
However, with the implementation of digital education, students here can now attend the same classes and access educational resources as their urban peers.
The school has jointly established an online classroom with several high-quality schools in the city, Jiang Xianglei, the principal of Shimenqian Primary School told the China Media Group.
As a result, educational resources have become much more abundant, and students can now attend classes that were previously unavailable at the school, such as music and artificial intelligence, according to Jiang.
Like Shimenqian Primary School, many other schools located in rural areas across China now have access to digital educational resources. Read More…
