**See recent posts for current updates on school construction. The following provides an overview of the construction history.
The Chinese government has granted the Mayul (Qinghai) Gesar Foundation a permit to design and build a multi-disciplinary school in Gande County, Golok Prefecture in a location approximately 45 km southeast from Gande County Town. This school will serve as an educational facility for 200 students, boys and girls, ages 14-21, who are chiefly from the local nomad population. Nearby Lgon-ngon Thubten Chokor Ling Monastery, the largest Nyingma monastery in Gande, has donated 18 acres for the school site. Capital expenditure for this project is being funded by private donations. Other funds for the school’s operation will come from private donations, a modest tuition, and the sale of handicrafts by artisans affiliated with the school.
Construction of the school began on April 13, 2008, and half of the buildings are finished as of November 2008 with the completion of living quarters for students, teachers, classrooms, and a kitchen. Ultimately, the school will include a ten classroom vocational school to be staffed by 15 teachers, an 80-room dormitory, office, library, and other facilities. With a portion of the buildings completed, 57 students have begun their studies at the school in courses in Tibetan, Chinese language, and woodcarving.
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