Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the Center for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC) of China’s Education Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding on jointly training local Chinese-language teachers in Cambodia.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron and CLEC Director-General Yu Yunfeng presided over the signing on August 14. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wenbin and other officials attended.
The memorandum aims to deepen education cooperation between Cambodia and China and support the development of Chinese-language teaching in Cambodia.
The Cambodian ministry and the Chinese centre agreed to work closely on international Chinese-language education under new conditions. They aim to strengthen bilateral friendship and ties between the two peoples, build on previous teaching programmes, train local teachers and improve the quality of Chinese-language instruction in Cambodia.
The Chinese centre will offer a number of International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarships to programme students and provide related support.
The Cambodian education minister thanked the partners for developing Chinese-language programmes in Cambodian public secondary schools, saying that the collaboration had achieved notable results.
He thanked China’s Education Ministry, CLEC and the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia for supporting human-resource development. He called that cooperation important for Cambodia’s socioeconomic development and said the memorandum would help improve Chinese-language education and strengthen lasting bilateral ties.
The Chinese ambassador said he was pleased to attend the signing. He called the memorandum a sign of the countries’ strong friendship and partnership and said it focused on training Chinese-language teachers in Cambodia, where he said Chinese-language education had grown in importance.
The ambassador said he believed the partnership would strengthen education ties and deepen relations and friendship between the two peoples.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television. By ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត.
