Sharing resources

With the rapid urbanization of China in the past 20 years, the government has carried out a policy of combining rural schools with an aim of pooling teaching resources, which led to a 70-percent decrease in the number of village schools. Implementation of this policy stopped in 2012, but the remaining rural schools still face problems such as insufficient teachers and lack of development prospects.

In Guangyuan City of Sichuan Province, 16 small village schools, with each having less than 200 students, decided to join forces by combining their scattered teaching resources, in order to make sure students can enjoy high-quality education. The project started in 2014.

But their efforts failed to help students enjoy more teaching resources in Guangyuan until the emergence of online education. On December 13, 2015, Hujia Project decided to step in and provides Guangyuan’s small village schools with more teaching resources through its online platform.

Since March 7, 2016, by making use of the Cctalk live teaching software, students in Guangyuan rural schools have been able to attend online art classes from teachers thousands of miles away. Online teaching has significantly alleviated the problem of lack of local teachers and has aroused children’s interest in arts.

“It [Hujia Project] provides a platform for sharing high-quality educational resources which better match demand with supply. On the demand side, China has over 140.000 small rural schools lacking proper educational resources; on the supply side, China has a large number of educational NGOS, public welfare education institutions and enthusiastic volunteers who can provide professional and qualified educational resources. Hujiang