泾源县是个回民聚居的县。解放初期全县有10所小学,在校学生581人;发展到1984年有小学127所,其中完全小学35所,初小36所,教学点56个,在校学生9,632人。1956年创办了泾源中学,结束了无中等教育的历史。现在有8所中学,其中完全中学2所,初中在校学生1,586人,高中在校生510人。从1980年起,采取特殊措施,发展民族教育,在全县办起寄宿制的回民小学6所,回民中学2所,在各中、小学校还设有回民班。对回族学生实行“两免三包”制,即免收学杂 Wuyuan County is a county inhabited by Hui Muslims. In the early days of the liberation, the county had 10 elementary schools and 581 students. In 1984, there were 127 primary schools, including 35 primary schools, 36 primary schools, 56 teaching centers, and 9,632 students. Wuyuan Middle School was founded in 1956 and ended the history of no secondary education. There are now 8 middle schools, of which there are 2 fully secondary schools, 1,586 junior high school students, and 510 high school students. Since 1980, special measures have been taken to develop ethnic education. In the county, six primary Hui Muslim elementary schools have been set up as boarding schools, and two Muslim elementary schools have been established. There are also migrant classes in primary and secondary schools. To implement the “two exemptions and three guarantees” system for Hui students, that is, to avoid miscellaneous learning