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Education and Science Society (ESS)
ESS is a non-profit educational organization and has been Supporting Education in Rural China (SERC) since 1988.
Mission
Promote understanding between the people of the United States and China through cultural and educational exchange.
Enhance the quality of basic education in rural China.

SERC Programs
Rural Library and Information Center (since 2007)
Transformed 10 rural school libraries into Rural Library and Information Centers (RLICs) with free access to the rural public.
Libraries (since 1988 for public libraries and 1989 for school libraries)
Funded 45 rural public libraries and 4,966 rural school libraries
Financial Aid (since 1997)
Provided 16,366 assistantships for rural students
Teachers Education (since 1993)
Organized 44 Conferences/workshops in 26 provinces. > 20,000 teachers received training.
Essay Contests for Teachers (since 1999) and Students (since 1996)
Ten publications targeting "Teach to Inspire" and 13 publications promoting "Read to Discover".
Reading and Learning (since 2001)
Supported "Reading Chinese Classics Program" in 73 schools in 8 provinces.
School Equipment/Facilities and Others (since 2002)
Musical instrument (2002-) 274 schools (several thousand pieces)
Physical education equipment (2002-) 41 schools
Science laboratory equipment (2002-) 26 schools
Teachers training VCDs (2002-) 28 schools
Audiovisual equipment (2002-) 22 schools
Classroom tables and chairs for students and desks for teachers (2002-) 59 schools (several thousand sets)
Student beds (2003-) 12 double bunk beds for a boarding school in a mountainous area
Equipment/facilities for schools in the poorest counties sponsored by the Raybin Q. Wang Foundation (2003-) 5 counties
Equipment/teacher material for rural teacher training centers (2004-) 10 counties in 8 provinces
Computers and other equipments for 8 Rural Library and Information Centers (2007-) 8 servers, 240 desktop computers and other equipments.
Multimedia equipments and projectors for Sichuan Earthquake area (2008-) 10 sets of big screen TV projector equipments for 10 schools in Beichuan County.


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Rural China

News and Press Releases

01/09/2010
Report on ESS Summer Activities in 2009
Beichuan Teachers Participated in the 2009 ESS Basic Education Conference

07/01/2009
2008 Annual Report (1)
2008 Annual Report (2)

05/09/2009
On Producing the ESS DVD

09/10/2008
A Dream Came True
Changhong Helped ESS Install TVs

08/28/2008
ESS team visited Beichuan

08/05/2008
2007 Annual Report (1)
2007 Annual Report (2)

02/22/2008
Financial Assistance to Rural Students Bearing Fruit

10/25/2007
Rural Library and Information Center

10/19/2007
NBC News about ESS

09/30/2007
ESS 2007 Summer Activities and Site Visits in China

07/02/2007
2006 Annual Report (1)
2006 Annual Report (2)
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Education & Science Society | P.O. Box 9525 | Mclean, VA 22102-0525
Tel: (703)356-9775
Email: info@esscare.org
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