Chinese language now Compulsory in Sindh Province

[Mech]

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'cause Jesus told me to

 

[Omar1984]

what the bloody hell, chinese?? isnt sindhi enough to bear the burden, i think this decision will miserably fail, also there re no teachers who can teach chinese, as compared to native sindhis who are easily available

In the U.S. we learn Spanish in school, why cant Pakistani schools teach Chinese?

A child's brain is like a sponge, they can easily learn new languages compared to a 30 or a 40 year old.

China is emerging as a superpower, and we need close cooperation with China. This new curriculum in our schools can benefit the next generation of Pakistan.

 

[cyphercide]

Isn't that a little overboard?It's a foreign language after all.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

In the U.S. we learn Spanish in school, why cant Pakistani schools teach Chinese?

A child's brain is like a sponge, they can easily learn new languages compared to a 30 or a 40 year old.

China is emerging as a superpower, and we need close cooperation with China. This new curriculum in our schools can benefit the next generation of Pakistan.

No its not, its freaking hard to learn a new language especially Chinese, I found French hard, mainly because I had no interest in it, so imagine forcing a child to learn Chinese. I feel for them lol.

May god bless them, I refused to take any languages at school and took geography instead.

 

[Omar1984]

No its not, its freaking hard to learn a new language especially Chinese, I found French hard, mainly because I had no interest in it, so imagine forcing a child to learn Chinese. I feel for them lol.

May god bless them, I refused to take any languages at school and took geography instead.

Well in prestigious schools in the U.S. we are required to learn Spanish, French is also an option. I was taught Urdu, English, Spanish, and Arabic as a child and so were my siblings, at that time it was not that difficult to learn new languages.


Pakistan should get the next generation ready for the real world where China will be the superpower.

Even in U.S. they are debating teaching their children Chinese language:


U.S. Kids Should Learn Chinese - BusinessWeek

With a Changing World Comes An Urgency to Learn Chinese


And U.S. is on the other side of the planet while Pakistan is an immediate neighbour of China. Our children should learn this language of our very important ally.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

This will greatly improve chances of ambitious young men from Sindh working in places like Hongkong , Singapore and other prosperous parts of South East Asia . A very good move which has been implemented in thousands of schools in India under the CBSE board. Times change and school curricullums should likewise adapt to give the kids the best shot at advancing their careers .

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Well in prestigious schools in the U.S. we are required to learn Spanish, French is also an option. I was taught Urdu, English, Spanish, and Arabic as a child and so were my siblings, at that time it was not that difficult to learn new languages.


Pakistan should get the next generation ready for the real world where China will be the superpower.

Even in U.S. they are debating teaching their children Chinese language:


U.S. Kids Should Learn Chinese - BusinessWeek

They debating as to make sure if every school can offer Chinese curriculum to the students, but however USA will never make it compulsory.

It seems like Pakistan (not whole) will be the only nation to make Chinese compulsory, excluding East Asia.

In my school we were offered to learn extra languages, I decided to stick to more maths subject and gerography more. China is learning English and the world is learning English, the universal launguage in English, so I am happy that India doesnt need to make Chinese compulsory, as its so damn hard in the first place.

 

[T90TankGuy]

well the compulsory part seems funny. when we went to the 8 standard we had a choice of dropping the third language and studying a foreign one . i took French . cant think of a time i used it after high school though.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Indian schools to introduce Chinese

The good news for India-China people-to-people relations is that India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) plans to introduce Chinese language courses in the 11,000 schools affiliated to it from Class VI onwards beginning in 2011. The bad news is that finding teachers is a problem. The better news, according to a report in the English daily Indian Express is that the Chinese gov-ernment has offered to help with course material, and, if needed, also send language teachers.

The best news on this front though, is that Premier Wen Jiabao's three-day visit, which began today, may quicken whatever the authorities in India and China decide to do about it. Indian media reports said that India's Ministry of External Affairs has already moved on the matter.

According to another report in The Times of India, academicians said the language would find many takers. The newspaper quoted Jyoti Bose, principal of Springdales School in Delhi as saying, "We tried to introduce Chinese in our school last year and there were quite a few students who wanted to take it up, but the problem was finding teachers."

The decision to introduce Chinese as part of the CBSE curriculum was announced by India's Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal after his talks on the subject with China's Education Minister Yuan Guiren on September 15 in Beijing.

The best way to introduce China in India is to introduce its language in schools so that "our kids develop interest and knowledge about China," Sibal had told reporters in Beijing on that occasion.

He felt it would be necessary for the Indian government to collaborate with China to specify standards of teaching and examination and the modalities of training Indian teachers. Soon after, an expert committee set up in November finalized the curriculum and identified preparation of textbooks as the first priority.

Scholars and teachers are developing the curriculum and textbooks, and the CBSE will be conducting courses to train teachers. According to the Indian Express report, schools interested in introducing the language from class VI in the coming academic year (2011-12) have been asked to confirm the decision so that CBSE can work on the details and indicate their needs, if any, to the Chinese embassy. China has offered to help with state-of-the-art hardware and software.

Ahead of Wen's visit, the report said, China has also offered to provide textual and audio-visual materials for the course. The CBSE offers 32 languages at the secondary and senior secondary levels, 12 of which are foreign languages.

Bose was quoted as saying that once the course is introduced, "it should be continued in senior classes." On the increasing interest in China and learning Chinese at the university level, The Times of India cited Sreemati Chakrabarti, a China expert and Professor in the East Asian Studies Department of Delhi University. "We have been getting 700- 800 applications for just 100 seats in the last few years", said Chakrabarti. "But there is a huge shortfall of people who can teach Chinese in India".

She felt that introducing Chinese language at the school level can make a "big difference in the long run" and ensure that there is more scope for interaction in the future.

 

[cyphercide]

This will greatly improve chances of ambitious young men from Sindh working in places like Hongkong , Singapore and other prosperous parts of South East Asia . A very good move which has been implemented in thousands of schools in India under the CBSE board. Times change and school curricullums should likewise adapt to give the kids the best shot at advancing their careers .

What?make it compulsory and not give kids or their parents a choice?Which syllabus in India teaches Mandarin as a compulsory course?

 

[Omar1984]

They debating as to make sure if every school can offer Chinese curriculum to the students, but however USA will never make it compulsory.

It seems like Pakistan (not whole) will be the only nation to make Chinese compulsory, excluding East Asia.

In my school we were offered to learn extra languages, I decided to stick to more maths subject and gerography more. China is learning English and the world is learning English, the universal launguage in English, so I am happy that India doesnt need to make Chinese compulsory, as its so damn hard in the first place.

In Pakistani schools, we are required to learn English as well and our classes were taught in English. That will not change. Chinese is just an additional required course added in the curriculum, which I believe is the right move and all provinces should add this required course in their curriculum.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

What?make it compulsory and not give kids or their parents a choice?Which syllabus in India teaches Mandarin as a compulsory course?

Not compulsory , but they have a choice of a foreign language ( refer link above by DDD) and several of them choose Mandarin .
Not surprising since the current group of Tech professional i.e those who passed out from school before this facility was created ,are now learning Mandarin from various Language institutes . Its much more helpful to have such an option at the school level.

 

[DarK-LorD]

Just like there is Hinglish there will soon be Chinjabi.

 

[Jango]

There should be choices between spanish, french, german , chinese and arabic. Chinese has 1000 + words after all. It is one of the hardest languages to learn after all. There should be choice, not compulsory.

 

[cyphercide]

Not compulsory , but they have a choice of a foreign language ( refer link above by DDD) and several of them choose Mandarin .
Not surprising since the current group of Tech professional i.e those who passed out from school before this facility was created ,are now learning Mandarin from various Language institutes . Its much more helpful to have such an option at the school level.

Yes,so you do understand the difference between an optional language course and a compulsory one.I can even learn Swahili in India as an additional language if I thought it would do me a world of good but you will have to concede that forcing me to learn Swahili is a different thing altogether.