简介:EducationhasbeenunderdevelopedinDongxiangAutonomousCounty,GansuProvince,whichistheonlyregioninChinawhereethnicDongxiangsliveincompactcommunities.Inprimaryschoolsthere,onlyabout20%ofthepupilsachieveapassinggradeforthetwobasicsubjectsofChineseandmathematics,lessthanone-thirdoftheaveragelocalrate.However,thishaschangedmarkedlythankstoabilingualeducationexperiment.