School uses Tibetan in classroom

He Runquan listened attentively, taking notes as his Tibetan teacher Drolma explained the finer points of Tibetan grammar to fifth graders at the Tibetan High School in the Diqing Tibet autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, on Wednesday.

"I didn't learn Tibetan until I was in fourth grade at the Tibetan High School, so I have to study hard to master the language.

"Good command of it means better prospects in the prefecture, where there are many Tibetans," said the 17-year-old boy, who is of Naxi ethnic group origin and lives in the village of Baidi, 40 kilometers from the school in Shangrila county.