Staff writer for FreeTibet.org. 23 August 2021.

Founded by a revered Rinpoche, Gyalten Getsa Tibetan school is recognised for its outstanding contributions

Free Tibet’s research partner Tibet Watch has learned that in early August this year, Chinese authorities in Tehor Rongbacha Township (Tib:མདོ་ཁམས་ཏྲེ་ཧོར་རོང་པ་ཚ་) in Kham Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has ordered Gyalten Getza school (Tib:རྒྱལ་བསྟན་དགེ་རྩ་སློབ་གྲྭ་) to change the school’s curriculum and medium of instruction to Chinese and take the school’s examinations in the Chinese language. This notice warned the staff to comply with the order or face a forced shutdown of the school.

According to the source, “China is destroying the Tibetan nation and nationality by implementing policies that eradicate the Tibetan language by restricting the space for Tibetans to learn and teach the Tibetan language in school.” Elaborating further on the widespread concerns in the region, the source added, “Tibetans in the region are concerned about this approach to debase the Tibetan language as the larger part of the sinicization of Tibet.”

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