Group touts Chinese program for IndiansBy Wu Po-hsuan and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerA group of universities has announced a plan to enroll 3,000 Indians in Chinese-language courses over the next three years, pending approval by the Ministry of Education. The Taiwan University of Education network of schools, which Wu now leads, is taking charge of the program, which is to be joined by a number of private schools, Wu said on Sunday. Former minister of education Wu Ching-ji speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Dec. 4, 2019. This year, the centers plan to publish a textbook that would incorporate Chinese-language education with cultural information, Wang said. The program was created to offer an alternative to China’s Confucius Institutes to schools wishing to offer Chinese-language courses.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2021 15:56 UTC