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People: Teachers sent to aid Tibet boost local education

For the past 35 years, Jiang Yiming of the Shanghai Sanlin High School has been dreaming about being part of an education aid program. Jiang was one of 40 teachers dispatched by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission to the Tibet autonomous region on Aug 1 to support local education. It is the second group of teachers sent to Tibet since June last year. Jiang has been sent to the Shanghai Experimental School in Xigaze city for a one-year exchange program and will teach math.