Campaign to end discrimination and help disabled become teachers

BEIJING - A letter urging the authorities to eliminate discrimination preventing disabled people becoming teachers was submitted to the Ministry of Education on Friday, the day before the country's 27th annual celebration for teachers.

"I always dreamed of being a teacher, but the current rules in many provinces have shut the door on the career," said Yang Renliang, one of the initiators of the campaign.

The 24-year-old student graduated from Guizhou University last year with a bachelor degree in English, but was refused a teaching position by many schools because of his vision impairment.