Abstract: Objective To grasp the situation of pulmonary tuberculosis prevailing in students and to reduce its rate.Methods To strengthen the convergence case management of TB in the whole county,intensitied the monitoring of epidemic situation in primary and middle school students.Results In the fifteen years from 1985 to 2000,there were 448 cases of newly registered TB in the primary and middle school students of whole county.The proportion of boy students to girl students is 1：0.7.Student with whose sputum smear positive were 24.3%.The average incidence of which was 3.8/10 millions every year.Conclusion The incidence of TB in primary and middle school students was lower than the average level of whole county,and there is a downward trend in the rate per year.The rate of girls was lower than that of boys,but the positive rate of sputum examination is not high.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary/prevention and control, Monitor, Students