20 Zimbabwe Teachers Set to Visit China on bilateral cultural exchange

20 Zimbabwe Teachers Set to Visit China

Twenty teachers from local schools will travel to China in August as part of the country's on-going participation in a bilateral cultural exchange programme, a senior Government official said yesterday.

Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Deputy Minister Lazarus Dokora told The Herald that the selected teachers would leave for China by mid or end of August this year to enhance their skills in Wushu martial arts.
The teachers would be in China for one year.China sent Wushu experts in February to train 63 local teachers in this form of martial arts at Chaminuka Training Centre in Mashonaland Central province.

"We are sending the top 20 teachers to China to sharpen their skills in the Wushu martial arts," he said.

The teachers would undergo training in culture, sport and education under the cultural exchange programme between Zimbabwe and China.

Deputy Minister Dokora said the move to send the teachers to China reflected the good ties that the two countries enjoyed.

"This is reciprocal and they too will be benefiting from English classes given by the Zimbabwe nationals," he said.

He said the programme was being implemented in fulfilment of the China-Africa co-operation framework.