Striving to keep Chinese education afloat

Personal attention: Some Chinese schools in rural areas like SJKC Sungai Rotan in Terong near Taiping, Perak, may see only one pupil enrolled for the academic year.

Some rural Chinese micro schools face the sad future of closure or relocation due to the dwindling number of students.

A NEW academic year has begun but the situation of Chinese primary schools in urban areas is very much the opposite of that in rural areas. Most schools in heavily populated urban areas are loud with the pupils’ reading and learning, while the so-called micro schools in the rural areas may see only a couple of students face-to-face with the lone teacher.