This kind of education was divided into two parts.
One way was that feudal lords, noble families, officials and
businessmen employed tutors to teach at home; the other
referred to private schools located in major cities and
towns. Tutors and private school teachers were those who
were good at Tibetan. Students included children of noble
families, rich people and businessmen as well as family
servants specially charged to serve the former. Private
school eventually became large in scale. In the early period
of the 1840 Opium War, there were some 10 private schools in
Lhasa, Xigaze, Gyangze and some other places. During the
period of the Republic of China, such schools numbered
nearly 100. Their students learned to recite Buddhist
scriptures, to read and write and to count. In the later
period, their curriculum included letter, document, and
treaty writing. |
3.Private Education
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