The school, named Middle Cave School, is located in the middle cave of a mountain in Getu village, Guizhou province.
It has expanded from just one class when it first opened to having eight teachers and 186 students.
"The students are very eager for knowledge, and the student who lives the farthest has to walk six hours each day," says the headmaster.
The school is like a normal school in every other way, with classrooms and a playground, but most of the buildings have no roofs "since they're not necessary".
Yano that's cool and all.. Cause the kids still get to go to school and learn what they need to learn.. but built in a cave.. have they ever thought about the bats and all.. What could happen.. And cave's get cold.. and the kids could get sick. but at least they are learning something..
ReplyDeleteAshley&maggie: Bats dont only live in caves. Something as large as this one, they'd be much further in, anyway, provided they even live in this particular part of the world. Caves also keep a relatively steady temperature year round, many caves, natural and otherwise, are used around the world to preserve sensitive materials, just look at the new seed bank in Europe.
ReplyDeleteAND, it's in a subtropical region with very little variation in temperature. These people have been living in this area for thousands of years, I doubt that they'd endanger their children. But oh noes, must protect the children from the nasty bats and getting a cold!