Egypt launches pilot program to teach Chinese in middle schools

STORY: Egypt launches pilot program to teach Chinese in middle schools DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. Zhang Tao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt, speaking through a video message 3. various of guests attending the ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): MOHAMED MEGAHED, Egypt's deputy minister of Education and Technical Education 5. various of guests attending the ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held at the Confucius Institute of Cairo University on Sunday to launch a pilot program for teaching the Chinese language in Egyptian middle schools and a training program for Egyptian teachers. Zhang Tao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt, said in a video message that 12 public middle schools in Egypt would be included in the pilot program. Zhang said that in September 2020, China and Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding to teach Chinese as an optional second foreign language in Egypti

EGYPT-CAIRO-SCHOOLS-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

EGYPT-CAIRO-SCHOOLS-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

(220926) -- CAIRO, Sept. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mohamed Megahed, Egypt's deputy minister of Education and Technical Education, addresses the launching ceremony of a pilot program for teaching the Chinese language in Egyptian middle schools and a training program for Egyptian teachers at the Confucius Institute of Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 25, 2022. The training program for teachers will last 10 days and provide courses on teaching methods, language learning, and the use of electronic textbooks and applications. A total of 12 teachers will take up posts as Chinese language instructors after the training. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)