Xi Jinping
August 2, 2014
CMI to teach Mandarin
Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica Don Xiaojun (left) and Dr Fritz Pinnnock, executive director, Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), point Transport and Works Minister Dr Omar Davies to the space requiring his signature during the formalisation of a frameweork agreement between Jamaica and China last Wednesday at CMI.
Under the pact, the Chinese Government will assist the CMI in offering Mandarin as a core language for students. The aim is to adequately prepare the Jamaican workforce for an integrated market space with Chinese nationals when the Government’s logistics hub materialises.
The Mandarin courses, set to begin in September 2014, will be conducted by two teachers. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON)
