Secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory have been urged to take advantage of the ‘Chinese Corners’ initiative to boost cultural exchange and national development.
Director, Secondary Education Board (SEB), Muhammed Sani Ladan, said this at the ‘Chinese Corner’ inauguration ceremony and ‘NIHAO China’ painting competition award at Government Secondary School, Abuja.
The ‘Chinese Corner’ is a centre that provides a platform for educational and cultural exchange between Nigeria and China, thereby broadening the global perspective of Nigerian students.
He added that the initiative contributes meaningfully towards people and diplomacy, while providing educational and artistic opportunities and fostering a sense of community among people from diverse backgrounds.
The Director revealed that the ‘Chinese Corner’ inaugurated in GSS Wuse District of Abuja is the 12th Chinese Cultural Centres with the FCT-SEB Schools and the 13th nationwide.
Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, said the ‘Chinese Corner’ is equipped with cultural and modern facilities such as: books, movies, computers, artistic works among others, which will help increase students’ understanding of diversity.
Dunhai said one of the primary functions of the 13th Chinese Corner already established in secondary schools in Nigeria is to promote education, which is one of the bilateral agreement with the Nigerian President when he visited China, recently.
Director of Bilateral Cooperation, FCT Education Secretariat, Paul Oche Ejeh, said the ‘Chinese Corner’, if put into proper use by the students, will foster relationship between the two countries and facilitate cultural learning.
Ejeh advised the students to utilize the opportunity brought to their door post to explore the cultural activities through the materials
Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie
