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English Translation of the Government Approval		Ban Ma County People’s Government Document
		Ban Ma County People’s Government
		Regarding approval of fund raising for schooling by religious person GongQiao CaiRang
		To: The County Education and Technology Department
		Your department’s file “Report on fund raising for schooling by religion person GongQiao CaiRang” (File BanWen Jiao (2002) No. 55) is received. In accordance with the Education Ordinance, the Obligatory Education Ordinance, and the Chinese Education Reform and Development Guidelines, and result of the meeting on 18 October 2002 at the office of the head of the county, County Government, we agree in principle to the fund raising for schooling by religion person GongQiao CaiRang, and report to the county committee accordingly. We hereby approve to the fund raising for schooling by religion person GongQiao CaiRang as follows:
		1.      Name of school: Ban Ma County Tibetan Primary School
		2.      Nature of school: Ban Ma County Tibetan Primary School is private operated and state managed, i.e. the school founder GongQiao CaiRang will be the honor principal, he will be responsible for the fund raising for school founding and guarantee the steady funding for school operation, the county government will appoint the executive principal and responsible for the management of the school.
		3.      School curriculum: The school curriculum is designed in accordance with the national education guide-lines, the standard books and education material common to 5 states will be used. Classes including moral, Tibetan, Chinese, Mathematics, and English, similar to other schools in the county. Concurrently, the students will be taught Physical Education, Arts and Craft, Patriotism, Fellowship and Socialism. The education will establish the basis for ideology, moral, discipline, legal, national defense and unity of peoples, for the future development of the students.
		4.      Teaching staff resources: In order to guarantee the quality of education in moral, Tibetan, Chinese and mathematics, the County Education and Technology Department will assign high standard and responsible teachers to the school. The school will employ the supporting staffs and the English teacher, who must have passed the examination by the County Education and Technology Department. The school will pay their remuneration and salary.
		5.      Scale of the School: It will be a 6-year boarding school, limited to enrolment of 30 students per year. Enrolment should include children of schooling age from the whole county of 8 villages and 1 town, from poor herdsmen and farmers, and orphans. The school should not refuse girls. Student graduated from year 6 will continue their education in county Tibetan secondary schools.
		6.      The school building: The school will be sited near the county seat. The exact location and coverage is subject to separate approval. The construction must go through proper official procedures, and assured to start schooling in August 2003. The school building can be modern but retaining special Tibetan characteristic, but must not possess strong religious feature. No religious construction is allowed in or outside, during or after the construction of the school.
		7.      The school must persist 4 basic principles: insist to build up socialistic civilization, and spiritualization; abide by relevant laws and regulations; sincerely execute the national education policies; willingly abide by the guidance, evaluation, inspection, supervision and management of the government education management department; persist to execute the national educational policies, direction, rules and goals. The school will be warned, ordered to rectify in time, forbid to enroll, if any of the following happened: 1. Bad influence resulted from school disorder due to poor management;   2. Quality of education seriously below standard;   3. Seriously violate the purpose of schooling;  4. Fail to assure school operation funds.  The school will be closed in case of serious infringement. The government will reclaim the school premises and land for other educational purpose. The students will be relocated by the County Education and Technology Department.
		8.      The school should execute the religious policies stipulated by the Party,   and must persist to the principle of separating religion from education. The school should not perform religious activities, nor preach religion to the students, nor develop follower of religion. Deviation from socialistic education is forbidden.
		9.      Upon successfully founding the school, a well organized financial and asset management must be established. The school must persist on the principles of open account, hardworking and frugality, and strictly abide to the national financial disciplines. The school should willingly allow the supervision and inspection of the educational, financial, accounting, banking and other relevant authorities, and to ensure the education fund is applied appropriately.
		The account of the school will be audited independently, assume sole responsibility for its profits or losses. The school can accept donation funds from individuals or parties from foreign countries or China. The procedures regarding receiving of donations must follow the national financial provisions. The school should follow agreement and the national rules regarding civilian founded schools to spend all the funds on school construction and development. A schooling education fund should be established to deposit the funds not yet applied to the school. No other organization or person is allowed to retain, use or possess the money.
		10.  There should be a medical room in the school, the hygiene and health care facilities should be developed in stages, to prevent decease and sickness common to the students, to ensure the health of the students.
		Ban Ma County People’s Government
		6 November 2002.
		Key word: Education, School construction, Approval reply
		c.c. report: the State Government
		c.c. the State Education Department, County Committee, County People’s Representative, County Discipline Committee.
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