一、“三个代表”的重要思想是开展民族教育工作的根本指南我国少数民族文化源远流长、千姿百态，是中华民族文化发展和进行社会主义精神文明建设的重要源泉。民族工作者贯彻落实“三个代表”的重要思想，繁荣少数民族优秀传统文化，必然也要重视民族教育并优先发展民族教育， I. The Important Thought of the “Three Represents” is the Fundamental Guide for Carrying Out Education for Ethnic Minorities The ethnic minority culture in our country has a long history and varied forms and is an important source of the development of the Chinese nation’s culture and the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. Ethnic workers must implement the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ prosper the excellent traditional culture of ethnic minorities, inevitably also attach importance to ethnic education and give priority to the development of national education,