Saudi Arabia organizes four-week course to teach basic Chinese

BEIJING, March 10 (APP):Saudi Arabia is organizing a four-week course to teach basic Chinese in different neighborhoods of the capital Riyadh. The General Department of Education in Riyadh said the course would be offered free of charge twice a week from March 10 to April 4 in the neighbourhood schools, Global Times reported on Sunday. It would also be broadcast online to benefit the entire educational community. The curriculum also …

BEIJING, March 10 (APP):Saudi Arabia is organizing a four-week course to teach basic Chinese in different neighborhoods of the capital Riyadh.

The General Department of Education in Riyadh said the course would be offered free of charge twice a week from March 10 to April 4 in the neighbourhood schools, Global Times reported on Sunday.

It would also be broadcast online to benefit the entire educational community. The curriculum also provides students with new and broader educational horizons, it added.

During Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to China last month, the two countries agreed to include the Chinese language as a curriculum at all stages of education in schools and universities across the Arab country.

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