Guangxi Pingle County reports 78 high school freshmen living in gymnasium dormitory, says arrangements will be made to transfer them to a new school as a transition

On September 1, 2026, the Education Bureau of Pingle County, Guilin, Guangxi announced that 78 students at Pingle Middle School were housed in a gymnasium converted into dormitories, acknowledged that the dormitories did not meet standards, and planned to arrange for the new students to transfer to a newly built school as a transition.