uae media: saudi arabia welcomes the first batch of chinese teachers and will expand chinese teaching
2024-09-03
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an article published in gulf news, uae, on august 31, titled: saudi arabia welcomes first batch of chinese teachers, to expand chinese teachingon august 30, the chinese teachers were warmly welcomed after arriving in saudi arabia. their flight landed in tabuk in northwestern saudi arabia, and the teachers were presented with saudi arabian specialty coffee and flowers. the warm reception left a deep impression on the teachers.
these teachers will teach chinese to saudi middle school students this school year, which is also part of the saudi government's plan to promote chinese education. the saudi ministry of education previously announced that chinese teaching will be carried out in middle schools in some areas such as tabuk.
the saudi government has decided that schools in riyadh, yanbu, the eastern province, jeddah, jizan and tabuk will teach chinese in addition to arabic and english in 2023. the saudi ministry of education said that after the first batch of chinese teachers arrived in saudi arabia, meetings were organized to help them familiarize themselves with the local situation.
the 175 chinese teachers are the first batch of teachers to go to saudi arabia. they had previously participated in training at tianjin normal university, which was jointly organized by the saudi ministry of education and the chinese language exchange and cooperation center of the ministry of education of china.
last year, the two governments reached an agreement to further promote chinese education in saudi arabia. in 2020, saudi education authorities began teaching chinese in eight middle schools to promote cooperation between the two countries. at the end of 2022, after the chinese leader visited saudi arabia, saudi arabia announced that it would further promote chinese education. (author ramadan al-shebini, translated by zhen xiang)
