{"id":12317,"date":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/factsheet-education-and-language\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:00:00","slug":"factsheet-education-and-language","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-education-and-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet &#8211; Education and language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Education-and-Language-629x890.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Education-and-Language-629x890.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Despite  years  of  investment  under  the  Western  Development  Strategy,  the  vast  majority  of  Tibetans  in  Tibet  are  severely  disadvantagedboth socially and economically by the inadequate provision  of  education.  The  investments  poured  into the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and the  Tibetans  areas  of  Qinghai,  Gansu,  Sichuan,  and  Yunnan  by  the  Chinese  government  have  in  large part bypassed the fundamental importance of  education,  resulting  in  a  majority  of  illiterate  Tibetans who are unable to actively participate in their own society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Education-and-Language.pdf\">Click here to download the full factsheet in PDF.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite  years  of  investment  under  the  Western  Development  Strategy,  the  vast  majority  of  Tibetans  in  Tibet  are  severely  disadvantagedboth socially and economically by the inadequate provision  of  education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12318,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[684],"news_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12317","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-ict-publicationsfact-sheets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Factsheet - Education and language - Campaign for Tibet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-education-and-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Factsheet - Education and language - Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite years of investment under the Western Development Strategy, the vast majority of Tibetans in Tibet are severely disadvantagedboth socially and economically by the inadequate provision of education.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/factsheet-education-and-language\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Campaign for Tibet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalcampaignfortibetnederland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Education.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"632\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@savetibetorg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/\",\"name\":\"Factsheet - Education and language - Campaign for Tibet\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Education.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-31T23:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Education.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Education.jpg\",\"width\":632,\"height\":320},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/factsheet-education-and-language\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/savetibet.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Factsheet &#8211; 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