According to the schedule, Ma will leave for Beijing with another 189 students from around the region on August 11. Many of the students are Muslims.

"These students were chosen according to their performance of study and sports activities," said Shi Liwen, an official with the Education Department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. She added the results were publicized in schools and were under supervision.

According to the Olympic education program tickets project, students from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Liaoning and Hebei will watch Games in their home cities, and students from the other 27 provinces and regions will be organized to come to Beijing.

To ensure sound accommodation and transport for the students, 10 high schools in Beijing with excellent facilities have been designated as hosts to receive them.

Beijing Hui School will serve the Ningxia students. "We have prepared well and are ready to serve them," said Cao Xiaodong, the school deputy head.

The school has vacated dormitories, bought new sheets and quilts and electric anti-mosquito gadgets for the Ningxia students. It also installed digital cable TV in every dormitory.

Similar to their Ningxia peers, the Beijing Hui School students didn't need to wait hours to buy a ticket.

"Our school is one of the 556 model schools for the Beijing 2008 Olympic education program. We have more than 900 tickets," Cao said.    "All our students, if they want, are able to watch the Olympic Games."

University students in the Olympic host and co-host cities will also get some cheap tickets. Students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province will be invited to attend the Games.

"Low-price tickets embody the true meaning of mass sports, and everybody has the chance to participate," said David Tool, a US teacher with the Beijing International Studies University.

"The low price ticket project is an important part of the 2008 Beijing Education Program," said Education Ministry official Gao.

In fact, it is also a measure to fulfill the commitment in the host city's contract, which requires China to promote education of Olympic knowledge among 400 million youth nationwide, he added.