This video was shot in Gansu Province, China. It is a rural area located at Northwest of China. The population there are mostly depend on agriculture and have poor living conditions. Not all of the children there have the equal opportunity to go to school, especially girls. The Gansu Basic Education Project (GBEP) has given a lot of children opportunity to study in school. This project helps to buy education equipments, and also empasize equity in education no matter students’ family background and ability.
I can see some progressive educational concepts in this rural school, such as cooperative learning, interaction among students, and equal opportunities of access to knowledge for students with different abilities. This project helped children in that village step toward the mordern civilization. However, it still has a long way to go since the most important thing is to raise people’s awareness of those equity issues in their life and change their old mind towards education.
Betty,
I found this video very moving. This is an important project in Gansu Province. There is so much to be done! Equity issues for young girls are especially important. Bonnie