Tibetan teacher Zezha (R) of the Xiangnong primary school learns English from a British tourist on April 15, 2005 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Tibetan students of the Xiangnong primary school watch a tourist to cook lunch at one of their school room on April 15, 2005 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Tibetan teacher Zezha eats lunch at the Xiangnong primary school on April 15, 2005 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Tibetan students attend a class at the Xiangnong primary school on April 15, 2005 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Tibetan students rest at a class break at the Xiangnong primary school on April 15, 2005 in Kangding County of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China. There is only one teahcer in the Tagong Village, 12 Tibetan students get free education from him in Xiangnong primary school. The longstanding problems like inadequate staffing, low pay and brain drain are bottlenecks in improving children's education in western China's rural areas. The Chinese government has taken measures to implement compulsory education in the country's west region. The Ministry of Education has set up a long-term mechanism for aiding the poverty-stricken students in ethnic minority areas. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)