Students in flooded areas resume studies
( 2003-09-06 14:17) (Xinhua)
School students in flooded Huaxian county,
northwest China's Shaanxi Province, resumed studies on Friday under arrangement
of the local education authority.
"The new term begins today," said Xue Yuan, a fifth-year elementary school
student. She and her younger brother along with over 50 other students started
at other schools.
Students affected by the flooding would take classes with otherschools and
all of them could be back at school within two days, said sources from education
office of the county.
As many as 100,000 local people were evacuated because of the flooding in the
past few days. The new school term that usually falls on Sept. 1 was postponed
and approximately 10,000 students at elementary and middle schools were
affected.
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