First grade students learn math at a school in West Ujimqin banner, an administrative division of Xilingol League in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China,October 21, 2009. Education in Inner Mongolia has made great strides since the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, evolving from barely any schooling to a modern and ethnic-featured educational system. So far, there are about 100,000 college students among the Mongolian-dominated population in the region.The number of primary and middle schools for minorities have reached 1,900.[Xinhua]