A rural primary school and its teachers

There are 14 teachers in Leyang Primary School in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Among them, the oldest has retired, but still lives in teachers' dormitory. The youngest was born in the 1990s and has eight years of teaching experience. The headmaster has two hopes: one is to recruit more young teachers; the second is to repair the teachers' dormitory, which has been used since 1970s.

Leyang Primary School in Zhongtian Town of Lezhi County of Ziyang City in Sichuan Province was established in 1978 and is located near a country road along the borders between Lezhi County and Ziyang City. It is about 30 kilometers away from Lezhi County. There are 16 school staff and 268 pupils and preschool students. Children from nine neighboring villages attended the school. Before 2006, it had a middle school department, but now it is only a rural primary school. [Photo by Chen Weisong/China.org.cn]