Little Miao go to school

Schooling in China is almost free, but in remote areas like the Great Miao Mountains, in the southern Guanxi Province, also the little expenses known as ?miscellaneous fees? are enough to keep thousands of children out of school. A few of them are able to get a basic education thanks to the program of foreign NGOs. The area is inhabited by the Miao and Dong ethnic minorities. The Miao, nine millions all over China, and the Dong (2,5 millions) have been left behind by the economic growth of...
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Schooling in China is almost free, but in remote areas like the Great Miao Mountains, in the southern Guanxi Province, also the little expenses known as ?miscellaneous fees? are enough to keep thousands of children out of school. A few of them are able to get a basic education thanks to the program of foreign NGOs. The area is inhabited by the Miao and Dong ethnic minorities. The Miao, nine millions all over China, and the Dong (2,5 millions) have been left behind by the economic growth of the last decades and adults often migrate to the farther south to Guangdong, where they provide cheap labor to the booming Chinese industry. Most of the families here live on subsistence farming and they prefer to keep their sons and daughters working in the fields. Miao ethnic minoritiy?s students outside their school in Renli village in the north of Guangxi Province.
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