Pang Caiyun, a 59-year-old retired teacher from Baiyin, Gansu Province in northwest China, chose to continue working after retirement. Four years ago, she went to teach at a rural primary school around 300 km away in Tianshui, another city in Gansu.
She is one of the teachers participating in the Silver-Age Teacher Plan, launched by the Ministry of Education in 2018 to encourage retired teachers to teach in rural schools to improve rural education.
The project is open to retired teachers and school principals under the age of 65, who are willing to teach in the countryside for at least one year.
In addition to teaching, they may also be asked to evaluate the
