Lagos begins teaching of Chinese Language in schools

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said that it had commenced pilot teaching and learning of Chinese (Mandarin) Language in five schools in the state.

The state Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, told newsmen in Lagos that the pilot programme started in 2013 in Bolade Junior Grammar School and Oshodi and Ikeja Junior Grammar School.

Others are Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Junior High School, Maryland; Mende Junior High School, Maryland and New Era Junior Girls School, Surulere.

The commissioner said that the state had also introduced teaching of German Language through a partnership with a German school.

“Let me report that Birch Freeman Senior High School, Surulere, is the pilot school for teaching of German Language. Already, our officials have visited the school to ascertain the level of commitment of the German Embassy to the project.”

Oladunjoye said that consultants in Lagos Mandarin Junior Club had developed and demonstrated the use of Chinese Language software proposed for primary and secondary schools.

She said that the state was currently studying the software and that a decision would be made soon.

The commissioner also said that 35 students selected from the state’s six education districts went to Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, for Easter camp school exchange programme.