Generally s peaking, educati on has p romoting effect on economic and s ocial development in poverty - stricken areas,however, emp irical analysis indicates that educati on can not only have no p r omoting effect on l ocal economic devel opment but also may affect economic devel opment t o s ome degree in s ome minority nati onality areas . Thus, educati on must be in har mony with local economic devel opment . Comprehensive educati on outl ook should be established t o gradually raise cultural quality of the peasants in minority nati onality areas, t o get rid of low cultural at mos phere and t o renew ideas, t o establish refor m idea, innovative idea and exploiting idea . Minority nati onality vocati onal educati on should be largely devel oped and all kinds of p rofessi onal talents should be cultivated in p lan for economic devel opment in minority nationality areas .