Ministry starts foreign language camps for public school students in China and France – The Peninsula

Ministry starts foreign language camps for public school students in China and France – The Peninsula

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) launched the ‘Expansion of Teaching Foreign Languages for Government School Students’ project, by starting two four-week Chinese and French language camps, in China and France. The project aims at enhancing and developing the basic education skills of students in Qatar by acquiring knowledge in foreign languages during this summer.

Twenty Qatari students who have completed the 10th grade in public schools are participating in the Chinese language camp programme, accompanied and supervised by three Qatari supervisors. Offered by the Beijing Foreign Studies University – the first in China this year - the programme includes Chinese language lessons, as well as lectures and cultural trips.