Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language

STORY: Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Florence Nakijoba teaching Chinese language 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FLORENCE NAKIJOBA, Chinese language teacher at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHARLES BWEBALE, Student at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EPHRAIM MUWONGE, Deputy headmaster of Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School STORYLINE: Florence Nakijoba, 26, teaches Chinese language at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School in Kitoro, a small village in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso. She was among the teachers who underwent a nine-month training course in Chinese language teaching in 2019, when the government rolled out Mandarin in the school curriculum. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FLORENCE NAKIJOBA, Chinese language teacher at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School "When the government of Uganda brought the oppor

UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

(220411) -- WAKISO, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Florence Nakijoba, a Chinese language teacher, interacts with students during a lesson at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School in Wakiso, Uganda, April 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language teaching" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

UGANDA-WAKISO-CHINESE LANGUAGE-TEACHING

(220411) -- WAKISO, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Florence Nakijoba, a Chinese language teacher, teaches during a lesson at Entebbe Comprehensive Secondary School in Wakiso, Uganda, April 5, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan teacher on mission to spread Chinese language teaching" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

UGANDA-KAMPALA-ARTISTS-CHINESE MUSIC

UGANDA-KAMPALA-ARTISTS-CHINESE MUSIC

(220215) -- KAMPALA, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Florence Nakijoba, a Chinese language teacher, speaks in an interview with Xinhua during a break in a recording session at the Uganda National Cultural Center (UNCC) in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 10, 2022. Strong African beats fused with Chinese melodies is the latest genre Ugandan artists are promoting to strengthen the people-to-people ties between the two countries.TO GO WITH "Feature: Ugandan artists fuse Chinese, African music to strengthen people-to-people ties" (Xinhua/Zhang Gaiping)