Confucious Institute for UZ

HARARE - The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) will start offering lessons in the Chinese language in February, according to an announcement by the UZ Faculty of Arts Dean Pedzisai Mashiri.
He said the refurbishment of lecture rooms was in progress and the university was importing equipment from China.


The Chinese have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese for the establishment of the Confucius Institute for the Chinese language at UZ.
The school will offer two courses, Basic Chinese and a degree programme.
“We are going to start offering lessons in mid-February. There are going to be to be two categories – one for basic Chinese and then the degree programme. We have been getting a lot of inquiries from interested people and we hope this programme is going to be a success,” said Mashiri.
Government claims the courses are aimed at catering for the business community, especially those dealing with Chinese tourists. – Own correspondent

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