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Beijing Haidian District Xingzhi Experimental School operates in three campuses with 2789 students and 136 teachers. Students are from 24 provinces and 7 ethnic minority regions; teachers are from 16 provinces, districts, and cities. Most teachers are retirees or fresh graduates from Teaching Colleges, which include 78 of them who hold college Associate Degrees and higher. The primary schools use the equivalent textbook with Beijing district school systems, and the junior high uses the national standard editions published by Renmin Publishing House. The main campus is located at 2 Shunaghuaishu Village, Sijiqing Town, Haidian District.

Beijing Haidian District Xingzhi Experimental School was originally set up for farmer children to continue education in urban area by Li Sumei, a private school teacher from Henan Province on 1st of September 1994. The school commits to educate farmer children in order to improve the national education level, which is warmly welcomed by students and their families. Everyone feels greatly benefited since society pledges terrific assistance to them all the time. Especially, in the recent two years, with tremendous collaboration from Haidian District Government and Haidian Education Department along with Sijiqin local government, the school has attained the national education standard. On December 10, 2003, the school was successfully registered as a private school with the Haidian Education Department and obtained legal educational certificates. Thus, this has ended “both students and teachers work under an illegal school system environment.”

Ten years ago, the school was originated to eliminate illiteracy among farmer children in the urban areas. After ten years’ efforts, families, students, and teachers have come together to achieve a new era. However, two most important problems overcast the school, which have greatly affected students. One of the difficulties is that the school campus locates in temporary housing projects. Thus, students cannot enjoy a stable studying environment. In addition, the other difficulty is that most students come from low-income families. Due to their financial difficulties, school has to lower tuition fees, which has created a huge problem for school. Consequently, school is limited to study aids and equipment purchase that has disadvantaged student’s development from learning. Furthermore, school strives to secure a stable educational environment and adequate learning facilities for all students.

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