The Wishes of a Tibetan

Below are some small wishes from inner Tibetan people and hope to get

support from the government:

1.      Hope to make Tibetan standard language. (86% of Tibetans think that Lhasa dialect should be Tibetan standard language). It is important issue, because it can solve the problem of communication between Tibetans from different Tibetan areas (Lhasa, Amdo, and Kham)

2.      Hope the government to recognize Tibetan monastic education degree.

 Tibetan monastic education has very long history and perfect education system. Many famous Tibetan scholars are graduated from monastic schools. Also the students who are graduated from monastic schools couldn't get jobs in regular schools and government bureaus, because the government doesn't recognize monastic education degree.  It is one big reason that colleges and universities lacking Tibetan professors.  "Rdo Rang" Degree should be BA degree. "Tshorang" Degree should be MA degree. "Lharang" Degree should be Ph.D.

3.      Hope all the Tibetan areas practice bilingual education. (Except

Chinese Langue the entire subjects teach in Tibetan).

Many Tibetan areas already practiced bilingual education and they got great

achievements. Because of language obstacle the students couldn't get the

contents of the courses very well. For example: if the teacher asks the

students in Tibetan 1+1=? All the students can answer the question 1+1=2. If the teacher asks the students in Chinese 1+1=? All the students don't know what the teacher is talking, because they don't speak Chinese. So many

people think them as the youngest translator in the world.

4.      Hope Tibetan folk music, traditional Tibetan art, and Tibetan history put into regular school courses in Tibetan schools of 5 Tibetan related provinces. 

5.      Hope to build some Tibetan primary school, middle schools, high schools, and universities in cities that most Tibetan people live.

Many Tibetan people live in cities for their jobs. So they encounter many difficulties to choose schools for their children. They want to let their children to study Tibetan and Tibetan culture, but there are no Tibetan schools in those cities. For example: Xining City of Qinghai, Chengdu City of Sichuan, Lanzhou City of Gansu, Kunming City of Yunan province. I also know a primary school in Kangding that named "Tibetan Primary School", but they have very few Tibetan classes. We can say none. We really hope the government to build some Tibetan Universities in Tibetan areas.

6.      Hope all the government bureaus use Tibetan in Tibetan areas. 

Most government bureaus in Tibetan areas use Chinese rather than Tibetan. For example: They use Chinese when they hold meetings, their most documents are in Chinese, and so on.

7. Hope the government to create more Tibetan TV programs in Tibetan areas. There are two famous TV channels in Tibetan areas. They are Lhsa Tibetan TV program and Qinghai Tibetan TV channel, those channel can't get signal in other Tibetan areas. That's why we hope the government to create Tibetan TV channels in Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunan Province. Especially, to create Tibetan TV programs in Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures and county TV channels. Tibetan people like to watch Tibetan styled TV channels and programs.

8. Hope to add Tibetan culture and Tibetan history course in Xizang Ban (Tibetan programs in big cities such as Beijing, Chongqing, and so on)

9. Hope the government to train more Tibetan skilled people.

10. Hope all the examination paper is in Tibetan.

 For example:  Government official examination, undertaking institutions exam, and so on. Most Tibetan areas gave those examinations in Chinese. So that

caused Tibetan students have very seriously problem with finding jobs.

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