An Irish education official said recently that Chinese will be added to the list of languages covered under the country’s national exams by 2020 and it will be included as a subject in the college entrance exam in 2022.
Mary Mitchell O’Connor is Ireland’s minister of higher education. She said the list is based on a program which started in 2014. The program is a short 100-hour course on Chinese language and culture. The education minister made the announcement at a joint conference of Confucius Institutes of Ireland and Britain.
O’Connor said the Irish government has fully learned the importance of creating the opportunity to learn Chinese for its students, especially under the situation of economic globalization and deepening China-Ireland trade ties.
According to O’Connor, the number of the Irish people who are interested in learning Chinese is becoming larger and larger. And the number of Irish students coming to study in China is also expanding. She also said that educational cooperation between the two countries is growing well.
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