Assignment: Educating Tibet
Schools in Tibet are changing - and not for the better, say activists. Micky Bristow investigates China\u2019s educational reforms: children as young as four separated from their families and forced into boarding schools, it\u2019s claimed, learning in Chinese, not Tibetan. Is this an attempt at social engineering to undermine Tibetan culture, or is it, as China claims, a bold effort to bring progress to an underdeveloped region?