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Near the bustling Djibouti port, one of the most important ports in Africa, sits a several-square-meter-large Luban Workshop, a Chinese-aided skill and vocational training project. The Luban Workshop is also the African country s first institute of vocational education designated to improve the professional skills of the local workforce.
Introduction Over the past two decades, China has continuously increased its presence in, and cooperation with, countries across the African continent. The magnitude of increase in Chinese aid, can be seen by tracking the increase in China’s total Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments to Africa, which jumped from $2.6 billion in 2000 to $37.3 billion in 2014 (AidData, 2019). At …
May 26, 2021
CAIRO Egypt and China have recently been working together to increase cooperation in various fields. On May 17, the Egyptian Ministry of Education announced that starting in 2022, a number of Egyptian public schools will teach Chinese as an optional foreign language.
The announcement came during a virtual meeting between Egypt’s Education Minister Tarek Shawki and China’s ambassador to Egypt to discuss joint educational projects between the two countries.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Education, the two officials discussed the enrollment of students at the Egypt Luban Workshop in cooperation with Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College and Tianjin Transportation Vocational College, as part of efforts to promote technical education. The discussions also touched on cooperation with China’s NetDragon, which develops and operates online games, as part of a project to resolve the problem of overcrowded classrooms.