A pupil reads words during an English class at the Complete Primary School of Bomdoi Township in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, December 9, 2009. [Xinhua]

A pupil reads a book during a Tibetan-language class at the Complete Primary School of Bomdoi Township in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, December 9, 2009. The Education Department of Tibet Autonomous Region has increased for the eighth time the education subsidies for children of local farmers and herdsmen since 1985. [Xinhua]