Students perform Tibetan traditional dance. [Photo by Rachel Wang/China Tibet Online]

On Feb.22, students of Beijing Tibetan High School enjoyed a festive gala for the Losar. To their excitement, four more favorable policies for them are to be promulgated in the Tibetan new year.

"I am glad to inform you that in the upcoming Tibetan New Year of Water-Dragon, four more policies will be implemented in our school," said Li Shicheng, principal of the school in the Losar gala.

Li Shicheng, principal of Beijing Tibet High School delievers a speech in the Losar gala. [Photo by Rachel Wang/China Tibet Online]

First of all, every Tibetan student would receive 500 yuan ($80 USD) living subsidy from school, increasing from 450 yuan and 480 yuan respectively.

Secondly, students can enjoy free flights from Beijing to Lhasa in their summer vocation.

Thirdly, all students will be exempted from tuition from next semester. The original tuition for each student is 900 yuan ($143 USD) in each semester.

Last but not the least, the school is going to reconstruct facilities of students’ bathrooms so that they can enjoy better living conditions.

Beijing Tibet High School is the only Tibetan high school in the capital of China. Over 95% of its students are Tibetans.

After graduation, these students would go further education in inland universities and then land jobs in different regions of China. Most of them choose to go back to Tibet, working in fields of business, education, politics, media and etc.