Pupils at South African schools will be able to choose Mandarin as an additional language from January 2016.
A government notice approving the listing of the Chinese language as part of the school curriculum was issued by the Department of Basic Education on 20 March.
Mandarin has been added to the curriculum as a subject choice for pupils in grades 4 to 9 as a non-official language. Other language choices in the same category include German, Serbian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu.
Mandarin will be instituted at a select number of schools from January 2016.
The decision was taken because China is South Africa's biggest trading partner and it would help strengthen relations, department spokesperson Elija Mhlanga said. Full story...
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A government notice approving the listing of the Chinese language as part of the school curriculum was issued by the Department of Basic Education on 20 March.
Mandarin has been added to the curriculum as a subject choice for pupils in grades 4 to 9 as a non-official language. Other language choices in the same category include German, Serbian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu.
Mandarin will be instituted at a select number of schools from January 2016.
The decision was taken because China is South Africa's biggest trading partner and it would help strengthen relations, department spokesperson Elija Mhlanga said. Full story...
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