According to comprehensive reports from Worldway: Greek Deputy Minister of Education Alexandros Dermitzakis and Yang Xiuqin, Director of the Confucius Institute of Business in Athens, Greece, recently announced that starting this October, Chinese language courses will be added to nine model experimental secondary schools. In support of this initiative, 21 Chinese volunteers will travel to Greece to teach the Chinese language.
It is reported that the Chinese language courses are scheduled to begin in October and will be held twice a week. Dermitzakis stated that introducing Chinese language courses into Greek secondary schools will strengthen the relationship between Greece and China, contribute to educational diversification, and broaden the knowledge of young people.
Yang Xiuqin, Director of the Confucius Institute of Business in Athens, expressed her pleasure at the rising popularity of the Chinese language in Greece. She stated that she is grateful for the Greek Ministry of Education's support for the promotion of the Chinese language, and that the Confucius Institute in Athens will continue to provide the necessary Chinese teaching talent for Greece.
Worldway Editor
