Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, said on Monday that the state government would introduce Mandarin, or Chinese language, in public schools' curriculum as from next session.
Oladunjoye said this in a statement signed by the Ministry's Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Lanre Bajulaiye, and made newsmen
The commissioner said this after a meeting with the delegation from the Chinese Confucius Institute, University of Lagos.
She said that learning the language in the state's public schools would be an opportunity for the pupils and students to speak the language and be able to adapt to the Chinese culture.
Prof. Caleb Orimoogunje, Director of the Institute, said the institution was ready to assist the state with necessary logistics to make the teaching and learning of the language easier.
Orimoogunje added that Prof. Lirong Jiang, a co-director of the institute, would help in the take-off of the programme.
Jiang said the institute, as a representative of the Chinese culture in Nigeria, was set up to satisfy people's need about the country's culture.
She noted that the language became necessary because China had become the new destination for economic growth and technological development.
"The Institute is prepared to provide Chinese instructors to teach the language and culture in the state's public schools as soon as the Memorandum of Understanding is signed between the state and the institute.
"The knowledge of Chinese language will help students to further their studies in China and carry out research in various fields of human endeavour as China has become a success story in the world economy," she said.
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My comment here is i feel the Commissioner doesn't have a credible project to his/her name and needed one ASAP. If not, i wonder what essence the chinese education will really be when you have not ensured that even the other subjects were effectively taught.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone should let the Commissioners know that even the Chinese are already learning English to ensure they can compete in the global market.
Nice one Fashola. You are thinking aloud.
ReplyDeleteWhat I feel is that chinesse language is getting more relevant than even the french we learnt while growing up. This is good initiative and provides opportunity for kids to understand the world better and take on the world on a global view
ReplyDeletelol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! misplaced priorities. What happened to the french we were learning in school? or the Civics our chidren dont know exist? enlish language is now a thing of the past and we are saying chinese. this must be a huge joke. i must be relevant.
ReplyDeletewen u allow square pegs in round holes what do u expect? in fact these are shapeless pegs that will not fit into square or round holes. CHINESE for God sake. ur ppl have not passed English u ar introducing Chinese. Hope it’s not one outing in a Chinese restaurant that has brought this up?
ReplyDeleteYoruba children do not know Yoruba language. Ibo children cannot write or speak proper Ibo, we have gone to far away China, not the language for world business. It looks like our officials make policies on their feet. Anyhow, so long it is not made compulsory, no knowledge is lost.
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