Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The Ministry of Education organized an introductory meeting for male and female teachers, who came from China, as part of an integrated program to inform them about their tasks while teaching Mandarin language during the current academic year.

This comes within the framework of enhancing the teaching of the Chinese language in public schools, which reflects the depth of educational and cultural cooperation between the Kingdom and China, the Ministry of Education said in a statement.

The activities of the week-long introductory meeting included organizing a group of workshops to introduce new teachers to the education system in the Kingdom; organizing field visits to the most important cultural and civilizational landmarks, in addition to special events to introduce Saudi culture in cooperation with the national project ‘Salam for Cultural Communication,” in addition to multiple tourist trips.