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NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education is getting 25 teachers from China to teach Chinese in Delhi schools, in a renewed effort to make the language available to students after Indian teachers failed to learn it.
For the pilot project, CBSE has tied with Hanban — China's national office for teaching Chinese as a foreign language — to get teachers for 25 schools, which include five Delhi government schools, five Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, five Kendriya Vidyalayas and 10 private schools. The teachers will arrive next month.
Demand for learning Chinese has been growing in keeping with the rise of China and its increasing trade with India. In 2011, CBSE introduced Chinese as a foreign language but had to withdraw it in January 2012 as Indian teachers couldn't pick up the language.
"The teachers from Hanban will work as full-time teachers in 25 affiliated schools. Salaries and hospitality has been worked out and will be borne jointly by the schools and government agencies. In case of private schools, the school management will bear the cost. They will be in India in December," said CBSE chairmanVineet Joshi.
In September 2010, then HRD minister Kapil Sibal had said students in large numbers would learn Chinese and 200 Indian teachers would be trained in the first phase. CBSE then announced the introduction of Chinese, starting in class VI as the third language (optional), from the 2011-12 academic session.
However, as first reported in TOI, the board had to shelve the idea in 2011 as none of the teachers could pick up the language and the Chinese language training arranged by CBSE was discontinued midway. Interested students, the board had said, could be sent to a private online educational firm to learn Chinese as a hobby for a payment of Rs 1,600.
"This is a pilot run and we will assess its impact after a year," Joshi said. "But Chinese teachers will not only be able to teach their own language better, but will also add perspective. Students would also get to learn about the country, its art, culture and tradition," added Joshi.
For the pilot project, CBSE has tied with Hanban — China's national office for teaching Chinese as a foreign language — to get teachers for 25 schools, which include five Delhi government schools, five Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, five Kendriya Vidyalayas and 10 private schools. The teachers will arrive next month.
Demand for learning Chinese has been growing in keeping with the rise of China and its increasing trade with India. In 2011, CBSE introduced Chinese as a foreign language but had to withdraw it in January 2012 as Indian teachers couldn't pick up the language.
"The teachers from Hanban will work as full-time teachers in 25 affiliated schools. Salaries and hospitality has been worked out and will be borne jointly by the schools and government agencies. In case of private schools, the school management will bear the cost. They will be in India in December," said CBSE chairmanVineet Joshi.
In September 2010, then HRD minister Kapil Sibal had said students in large numbers would learn Chinese and 200 Indian teachers would be trained in the first phase. CBSE then announced the introduction of Chinese, starting in class VI as the third language (optional), from the 2011-12 academic session.
However, as first reported in TOI, the board had to shelve the idea in 2011 as none of the teachers could pick up the language and the Chinese language training arranged by CBSE was discontinued midway. Interested students, the board had said, could be sent to a private online educational firm to learn Chinese as a hobby for a payment of Rs 1,600.
"This is a pilot run and we will assess its impact after a year," Joshi said. "But Chinese teachers will not only be able to teach their own language better, but will also add perspective. Students would also get to learn about the country, its art, culture and tradition," added Joshi.
