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The pupils, their parents and local officials in charge of education all expressed their understanding and support for the teachers' "learning trip".

This piece of news filled me with mixed emotions: respect, sympathy and sorrow. In China, a large number of teachers work in rural, mountainous and remote regions. The working conditions are poor and the pay is low. But most of them work diligently out of a strong sense of responsibility to the younger generation.

In recent years, many urbanites have gone sightseeing in remote mountains on holidays. Some of them have posted photos of "mountain top schools" on the Internet. One of them shows young pupils walking along a path gouged into the edge of a cliff. Anyone who saw the picture would admire Mr. Shen Qijun, the only teacher of the primary school in the Gulu Village over the Dadu River Canyon in Sichuan province.

Shen, 45, has been teaching at the school for 26 years and is greatly loved by students and villagers. But he has never been admitted as a formal teacher, because he does not have an official education.

These teachers merit our respect and deserve a better livelihood and work environment. Over the years there have been calls for higher salaries and better working conditions for such mentors. The central and local governments have done a lot to improve the situation. But the effort seems far from enough. The remuneration they get does not match their contribution to the nation.