Schoolmaster Qamba guides a student to make physical exercise at the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2012. Qamba, a more than 50-year-old chubby tibetan, is the principal of the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School. His school locates at the remote mountain area of about 100 kilometers away from Xigaze, the second largest city of Tibet. Born in poverty, Qamba unintentionally became a substitute teacher in the local village school at the age of 16. Firstly finding his students in a shabby cowshed, he determined to stay to create a better learning environment for these village children. For his about 40-year-long persistence and efforts, school-age children in Lianxiang Township now can study and live in neat and bright rooms, and the teaching quality of his rural primary school continuously improves. After the successive achievements came the successive honours. "Comparing with those awarding podiums, I fell much more comfortable and confident to stand on my tiny teaching podium", Qamba, carefully adhering to be a teacher and deeply loving his career, smiled to say. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Schoolmaster Qamba and his wife walk around the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2012. Qamba, a more than 50-year-old chubby tibetan, is the principal of the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School. His school locates at the remote mountain area of about 100 kilometers away from Xigaze, the second largest city of Tibet. Born in poverty, Qamba unintentionally became a substitute teacher in the local village school at the age of 16. Firstly finding his students in a shabby cowshed, he determined to stay to create a better learning environment for these village children. For his about 40-year-long persistence and efforts, school-age children in Lianxiang Township now can study and live in neat and bright rooms, and the teaching quality of his rural primary school continuously improves. After the successive achievements came the successive honours. "Comparing with those awarding podiums, I fell much more comfortable and confident to stand on my tiny teaching podium", Qamba, carefully adhering to be a teacher and deeply loving his career, smiled to say. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Schoolmaster Qamba helps a student use skin care product at the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2012. Qamba, a more than 50-year-old chubby tibetan, is the principal of the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School. His school locates at the remote mountain area of about 100 kilometers away from Xigaze, the second largest city of Tibet. Born in poverty, Qamba unintentionally became a substitute teacher in the local village school at the age of 16. Firstly finding his students in a shabby cowshed, he determined to stay to create a better learning environment for these village children. For his about 40-year-long persistence and efforts, school-age children in Lianxiang Township now can study and live in neat and bright rooms, and the teaching quality of his rural primary school continuously improves. After the successive achievements came the successive honours. "Comparing with those awarding podiums, I fell much more comfortable and confident to stand on my tiny teaching podium", Qamba, carefully adhering to be a teacher and deeply loving his career, smiled to say. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Schoolmaster Qamba (C) and his wife are awarded certificates to honor their contribution to rural education at the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School of Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2012. Qamba, a more than 50-year-old chubby tibetan, is the principal of the Lianxiang Huaxia HOPE Primary School. His school locates at the remote mountain area of about 100 kilometers away from Xigaze, the second largest city of Tibet. Born in poverty, Qamba unintentionally became a substitute teacher in the local village school at the age of 16. Firstly finding his students in a shabby cowshed, he determined to stay to create a better learning environment for these village children. For his about 40-year-long persistence and efforts, school-age children in Lianxiang Township now can study and live in neat and bright rooms, and the teaching quality of his rural primary school continuously improves. After the successive achievements came the successive honours. "Comparing with those awarding podiums, I fell much more comfortable and confident to stand on my tiny teaching podium", Qamba, carefully adhering to be a teacher and deeply loving his career, smiled to say. (Xinhua/Chogo)
