news.am, Armenia
July 23 2011
Chinese language to be taught in Armenia’s capital
July 23, 2011 | 10:28
YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan
met Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China in Yerevan
Tian Changchun on Friday.
Ashotyan stressed over the past two years significant work has been
done on upgrading Armenian schools with computers.
The minister said China provided assistance to upgrading Armenian high
schools with computers, which will have a significant impact on the
quality of the education.
The officials discussed the possibility of opening another branch of
Confucius Institutes at Yerevan State University and study of Chinese
language at a Yerevan high school.
Ashotyan said Armenia will participate in the World Student
Universiade in Shenzhen (China) at the highest level. He also
expressed hope the Armenian students will make good performances in
chess and taekwondo in Shenzhen.