Tanzania lauds China for donation of textbooks to students

STORY: Tanzania lauds China for donation of textbooks to students DATELINE: May 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAROLYNE NOMBO, Permanent secretary, Tanzania's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHEN MINGJIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania 4. various of the donated textbooks STORYLINE: The government of Tanzania on Thursday expressed gratitude to the Chinese Embassy in the East African nation for the donation of 2,700 Chinese textbooks to schools teaching the Chinese language. In April, the Chinese Embassy donated 2,304 Chinese textbooks to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, bringing the total number of donated books to 5,004. Carolyne Nombo, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said there were 18 public lower secondary schools across the country that were teaching the Chinese language