Thirty-six junior high school graduates whose homes and schools were devastated by the Yunnan earthquake have been brought to Beijing so they can continue their studies.
The students are from Ludian, Qiaojia and Huize, three of the counties that were rocked by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Aug 3.
More than 600 people died and 80,000 lost their homes.
The students arrived on Tuesday and will attend Peking University Experimental School for three years. Among the students, 19 were from Ludian, the worst-affected county.
All of their expenses - including tuition fees and living and traveling costs - are being covered by APTECH, a Beijing-based training company. The total cost is estimated at 5.4 million CNY (877,500 USD).
The students were chosen on the basis of their examination results and interviews with families affected by the quake, said Wu Caixia from the school's publicity department.
They will undergo military training before starting their classes on Sept 1.
The students registered at their hometown schools, and regulations would normally require them to go back to take the college entrance examination, said Dong Qi, principal of the Beijing school.
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