An increasing number of bright young Tibetans are working hard to seek higher education as the autonomous region's economy booms and local Tibetans' living
standards improve, according to a Xinhua report on July 30.
Soinam Yanggyi, who completed her college education last year, is preparing to go to the
"My study at the U.S. will be at my own expense, which will be no small sum, but my mother told me to learn more at my age and promised to help me out even by borrowing money," said Soinam Yanggyi.
Soinam Yanggyi's family has a higher-than-average income in
Dawa, along with nine other students from
"Study fill me with joy and I plan to work for a doctorate if there is a chance to do so," said 36-year-old Dawa. "Because of my studies, I choose not to get married early. After obtaining my master's degree this year, I made up mind to get married soon."
Ma Guangyao, deputy head of the Tibet Education Science Institute, said the fact that young Tibetans love to pursue and value all the more higher education nowadays was closely related to the demand of social development in
international exchanges.
In the 1980s, many young Tibetans preferred studying at secondary technical schools and to get jobs at their earlier age, though the regional government issued a set of special policies to encourage them to attend colleges or universities and receive
higher education, said Ma.
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Lhaba, a third grader with
"There are more chances for a master's degree and I want to do postgraduate courses in Tibetan studies," said Lhaba. At
Many young Tibetans are longing to do postgraduate studies in institutions of higher learning based in the
In past years,
Self-study is another approach to chance for higher education.
Degyi, of the Land Resources Bureau of Tibet, qualified for postgraduate studies at the People's
and now has three senior academic titles in economics, accounting and statistics.
"I have been fully preparing for getting myself qualified for a master of business administration (MBA) course," said Degyi.
A total of 86 Tibetans have acquired MBAs or certificates of MBA studies from training centers jointly operated in Tibet by the Tibetan Regional Commission of Economy and Trade, Sichuan University, and Sichuan Business Administration College.
Statistics show that the number of Tibetans with higher education has been growing at an alarming speed in the past 11 years.
To date, 33,000 people in