1953年自治州成立以来,各级党委和政府十分重视发展民族教育事业,坚持把民族教育放在优先发展的重点地位,使全州各类民族教育得到长足发展。到2002年,全州有各级各类学校235所,其中中等专业学校2所,农职业中学4所,普通中学 Since the founding of the Autonomous Prefecture in 1953, the party committees and governments at all levels attached great importance to the development of education for ethnic minorities. They insisted on giving priority to national education and gave great development to all kinds of ethnic education throughout the state. By 2002, the state has 235 schools of various kinds and types, of which 2 are secondary specialized schools, 4 are agricultural secondary schools, and ordinary middle schools