
Math class —
Pupils work on a math exercise at Shahe Primary School, in a village near the county seat of Tengchong, a remote region in China's Yunnan province.

Adding and subtracting —
The teacher gets the children to pretend they are passengers getting on and off a bus for a lesson on the basics of addition and subtraction.

Hunger for knowledge —
Pupils squeeze in for a group photo. The students exuded pent-up energy and hunger for knowledge.

Classroom —
"Study hard and make progress everyday" reads a slogan on top of the blackboard.

Rote learning —
The class monitor answers a teacher's question. Learning by rote still plays a big role in China's education system.

Break time —
The children eat lunch at an outside cafeteria.


