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“2014 I Fly• Training Rural Teachers” Begins

08/06/2014

 

The opening ceremony of "2014 I Fly• Training Rural Teachers" is held.

 

On July 26, the opening ceremony of "2014 I Fly• Training Rural Teachers" was held at Sinqun Hall on Zhongbei Campus. 187 rural teachers from Gansu, Hunan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces began their 13-day training in Shanghai.

 

Prof. Tong Shijun delivers a speech on the ceremony.

 

More than 600 representatives of enterprises, citizens and volunteers attended the ceremony. On the ceremony, Tong Shijun, Chairman of ECNU's University Council, delivered a speech on behalf of ECNU, the organizer of the training.

 

Liu Gang, Vice Director of Shanghai Youth League committee, presents the program flag to volunteers.

Zha Jianyu (L) and Qian Qian (R), two sponsors of  “I Fly” addresses on the ceremony.

 

In his speech, Tong expressed warmly welcome to all the rural teachers and sincere thanks to caring enterprises, people and volunteers for their support to “I Fly” program. According to Tong, “I Fly” is not only a charity program of love, but also a program of dream. The more support it can win from the society, the more teachers and students of rural areas can obtain love and hope that can help them better realize their dreams.

 

 

Rural teachers accept flowers.

 

"I Fly• Training Rural Teachers" is a charity program first started in 2010 with the aim to improve the education of rural areas. In the past five years, the program has developed into an influential charity program. Since 2010, "I Fly• Training Rural Teachers" has held in Shanghai for five years, and 667 rural teachers from 374 schools have attended the program, which has benefited nearly 200,000 students in rural areas. During the five years, the program has obtained a lot support from the society. More than 40 experts and scholars instructed the rural teachers without any pay, over 200 enterprises provided donations, and more than 7,000 volunteers work for the program.

 

 

Written by: Liu Jinyu

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