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HIV positive students admitted to college face economic, psychological pressures

(People's Daily Online)    17:39, August 23, 2017

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A total of 15 HIV infected students in Linfen, central China's Shanxi province, have been admitted by colleges, but the economic burden and psychological stress are still barriers for their future academic life, China Education Network Television reported.

In June, 16 HIV positive students from the Green Harbor Red-Ribbon School in Linfen took the college entrance examination in a specially established examination room. Fifteen of them have been admitted to college so far.

According to Guo Xiaoping, principal of the school, two of them were accepted to universities and the rest to junior colleges. Guo said the students are quite satisfied with the results, since they don't have access to good educational resources.

However, challenges still exist. Most are orphans, and expenses over the next couple of years are a severe problem for them. The Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS has expressed its intention to help the students economically.

Psychological stress will be the bigger issue. "I'm afraid that no one will want to make friends with me out of fear," said a student named Cuicui. For students from the Green Harbor Red-Ribbon School, to leave their harbor might bring more troubles.

Guo noted that this special group is not expecting society to offer them favorable policies, and all they need is equal treatment from their teachers and schoolmates at college.

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