From crowded to comfortable beds

Students sleep in crowded conditions on Dec 26, 2012. [Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua]

Bansheng village’s Nongyong Primary School in the Dahua Yao autonomous county, Hechi, Guangxi, was founded in 1964. The school is 110 kilometers away from the county and is located in a remote mountainous area with poor infrastructure and traffic conditions.

Students of Nongyong Primary School carefully descend a mountain path to school on Sep 3, 2012, carrying with different kinds of amenities they need at daytime and night. [Photo by Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua]

Confined to a small campus, Nongyong Primary School has heavy responsibility in providing primary school education for children in 22 surrounding villages.