Students from Shigatse Xingda vocational and technical training school draw Thangka on 28th October. In recent years, the school has been actively working on heritage and development of traditional Tibetan arts and crafts by providing vocational skills training to help students find jobs. According to reports, since the school opened in 2010, it has trained nearly 400 ethnic handicraft technicians, solving their employment problems. Among them, 18 students started working at the school directly after training finished.[Photo/Xinhua]

Losang Tendar (left),the principal of Shigatse Xingda vocational and technical training school, instructs students in Thangka class,on 28th October.[Photo/Xinhua]