The central government's investment for education in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China, is on the increase ever since China's reform and opening-up. Education investment in Tibet since 1978 has reached more than 22 billion yuan and a total of 2.728 billion yuan has already been allocated in the first 9 months this year.

The government's financial support guarantees the people's right of receiving education, said Yu Xiangqin, head of the Basic Education Office of Tibet Education Department.

Since 1985, free food, clothing and accommodation have been provided for rural Tibetan students in Tibetan primary and middle schools, and the standard is keeping increasing.

Condition for primary and middle schools also represent a great improvement from experimental equipment, library capacity to desks and chairs.

Education of Tibet is heading to the best period in the history, said Yu Xiangqin.

Statistics indicates enrollment rate for school-age primary and middle school students have respectively risen to 98.5% and 92.2%, 7 and 31 percentage higher than that of five years ago, and the enrollment rate in senior high school has also increased from 5.3% in 1978 to current 51.2%.