Blog feedPrivate school in language and culture deal with China
2nd August
Brighton College has become the first private school in Britain to go into partnership with the Chinese government to promote the teaching of Mandarin and Chinese culture.
The school has already made the teaching of Mandarin compulsory for all three-, four- and five-year-olds in its preparatory wing from September.
As a result of an agreement signed with Hanban, the Chinese government department responsible for developing cultural and educational links abroad, it will ead the way in expanding the teaching of Mandarin throughout the British private education system. It will be the first ‘Confucius centre’ in the private sector.
Read this story on the Education Independent website.
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