THE Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training (MESTV) has picked six secondary schools for a special programme for students to learn Chinese language starting this year.
Already 12 Chinese language teachers
from China have completed a teaching methodology course on how to teach
the subject in the six selected secondary schools.
A principal education officer from the
ministry, Mr Salum Salum, named the schools in the special programme,
Phase One, as, Benjamin Mkapa and Chang’ombe secondary schools in Dar es
Salaam Region; Msalato and Dodoma secondary schools in Dodoma Region
and Morogoro and Kilakala secondary schools in Morogoro Region.
Mr Salum revealed when launching
training workshop for teachers who will teach Chinese language in the
named schools, organised by the Confucius Institute of China-University
of Dodoma (UDOM) Partnership.
“The workshop is aimed at preparing and
coming up with teaching strategies before the schools open this month;
so that they can start teaching the Chinese language subject in the
secondary schools,” he pointed out.
Mr Salum noted further that the students
would be examined in the Chinese language subject and graded like any
other subject taught in secondary schools, such as French and German.
The MESTV official said the ministry had
noted the importance of Chinese language subject in secondary schools
so that students can access opportunities available in China, including
further education.
The Director of Confucius
Institute-UDOM, Ms Ambar Zheng, said the 12 language teachers from China
had received training on how to conduct the subject in secondary
schools. She said each secondary school in the three regions will
receive two teachers for the purpose, to start the project this month.
She commended cooperation and assistance
received from both Tanzania and Chinese government and respective
ministries, to enable implementation of the programme in the six
secondary schools.
Muslim University of Morogoro (MUM)
Vice-Chancellor Hamza Njozi commended the government of China for its
continuing support in different areas, including education in
Universities in the country.
Confucius Institutes have been compared
to language and culture promotion organisations from European countries
(but with centres in Tanzania), such as France’s Alliance Française and
Germany’s Goethe-Institute.
Commencement of Chinese teaching in
secondary schools is another initiative taken by the government to
ensure that Tanzanians learn Chinese to take advantages of opportunities
available in China and those offered by the Chinese people.
Recent years have seen a growth in
partnerships between Tanzania and China, with Chinese experts and other
personnel being involved in almost all development sectors, ranging from
construction to petty trading.
Meanwhile, Tanzanians have of late taken
centre stage in business, with many trading between Tanzania and China
and Tanzania and Hong Kong. Tanzania and China have enjoyed positive
development partnership for the past 51 years after President Julius
Nyerere visited the far-eastern country in 1965.
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