Photo shows students from the Third Primary School in Shannan Prefecture reading sedulously in their classroom. [China Tibet News/ Tenzin Chonphel]

Education is the hope of a nation and foot stone of development. Recent years, with the strong support from the central government to educational business in Tibet Autonomous Region, local education develops in a rapid speed and achieves excellent results. A modern education system consisting of preschool education, basic education, vocational education, higher education, adult education and special education is completely built up in TAR.