Poor schools tell students to BYO desk
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Macheng">Macheng</span>, <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dig">dig</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="pockets">pockets</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impoverished">impoverished</span> <span word="area">area</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publication">publication</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shunhe">Shunhe</span> <span word="township">township</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="furniture">furniture</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="semester">semester</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="pledged">pledged</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> 100 <span word="sets">sets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ruan">Ruan</span> <span word="Jing">Jing</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="costs">costs</span> <span word="about">about</span> 250 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($39), <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="help">help</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Changjiang">Changjiang</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3,000 <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shunhe">Shunhe</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>, <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shortage">shortage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Ziyi">Ziyi</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 5-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="a">a</span> 24-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="desk">desk</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="school">school</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="grandfather">grandfather</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desk">desk</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="father">father</span>, <span word="uncles">uncles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aunts">aunts</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="netizens">netizens</span> <span word="accusing">accusing</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="appropriate">appropriate</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="students">students</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Macheng">Macheng</span> <span word="publicity">publicity</span> <span word="office">office</span>, <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="Proper">Proper</span> <span word="Study">Study</span> <span word="Desk">Desk</span>" <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="March">March</span> 2017, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="schools">schools</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="is">is</span> 4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span>.</p>
页:
[1]