Third grader Liu Ruoxin talks with her classmate in Rongxin Primary School of Pangu Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. Liu's parents are migrant workers, and she lives with her grandparents. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
FUZHOU, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Libing, Danyang and Rongxin, scattered 20 kilometers away from downtown Yongtai County, are three micro-sized primary schools.
In Libing Primary School, first grader Xu Jiayi is the only student. She chose to study at the school near her home. To fulfill Xu's dream of study, local authority kept the school and assigned Huang Lizhu, who graduated from Minnan Normal University, here to teach Xu courses including Chinese, mathematics, music and P.E.
Danyang is a primary school with three students and two teachers. Second grader Liu Zhixin will go to a bigger school next year. "I choose to teach here as long as my student needs me", the 58 year-old teacher Liu Xisheng said.
In Rongxin Primary School, all 10 students are left-behind children.
Headmaster of the central primary school in Pangu Township Zhuo Xiaoyong said more and more students go to larger schools to obtain better educational resources, yet some micro-sized schools are kept for students who choose to study near home. "Students may drop out if the micro-sized schools are shut down," he said.
According to statistics, there are eight micro-sized schools among 28 primary schools in remote areas of Yongtai County by 2019.
A teacher of Rongxin Primary School escorts students home after school in Pangu Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Students leave school in Rongxin Primary School of Pangu Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Liu Xisheng (1st L) and Wu Mengjin, teachers of Danyang Primary School, walk out of the campus with the only three students of the school in Hongxing Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Second grader Liu Zhixin (C), first grader Liu Honghong (1st R) and Liu Yingxi are seen after school in Danyang Primary School of Hongxing Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Liu Xisheng, a 58 year-old teacher of Danyang Primary School, teaches the second grader Liu Zhixin Chinese in Hongxing Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Teacher Huang Lizhu poses for a photo with Xu Jiayi, the only student in Libing Primary School, in Hongxing Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
A teacher helps students with schoolwork in Rongxin Primary School of Pangu Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 8, 2020 shows the only three students playing basketball with their teacher during a break in Danyang Primary School of Hongxing Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Teacher Huang Lizhu guides Xu Jiayi, the only student in Libing Primary School, practise calligraphy in Hongxing Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Wu Mengjin teaches his student Liu Yingxi handwriting in Danyang Primary School of Hongxing Township in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Liu Xisheng (1st R), a 58 year-old teacher in Danyang Primary School, gives a P.E. class to students of the school in Hongxing Township of Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Teacher Huang Lizhu gives a lesson to Xu Jiayi, the only student in Libing Primary School of Hongxing Township, Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)■
