My personal experience can serve as a reflection of the education situation in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
I was born into an ordinary family in a southern prefecture of Xinjiang. My father was a bank clerk and my mother a housewife dedicated to caring for her seven children.
In 1996, when my father passed away, I was only in sixth grade, and my younger brother was in third grade. Despite this challenging situation, all seven siblings in our family received full-time education.
The country implemented a range of financial support mechanisms, including tuition remission, student loans, scholarships, and work-study programs, to
