Report: Colonial Boarding School System in Tibet

NTD Newsroom
By NTD Newsroom
December 16, 2021China in Focus
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A staggering figure has come out of Tibet. Almost 80 percent of Tibetan children aged 6 to 18 have been placed in state-run boarding schools.

There, they are cut off from their families, language, and traditions.

That’s according to the analysis of official data from a U.S.-based NGO, the Tibet Action Institute.

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