Tanzanian secondary students compete in Chinese language contest

A total of 12 contestants from six Tanzanian secondary schools attended a Chinese language competition on Monday evening in the country's capital Dodoma.

The competition consists of three sections, dictation, speech and dialogue.

During the competition, Sada Zacharia, a student from Morogoro Secondary School, emerged as winner thanks to her fluency in Chinese, and the second place went to Bilali Yahya (Kiwanja cha Ndege secondary School) and Devotha Robert (Kilakala Secondary School).

Third place winners were Nasra Manyanya (Benjamin Mkapa schoold), Ashraf Mtinazi (Kiwanja cha Ndege school) and Lilian Milanzi (Kilakala school).

Deputy Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, Science and Techonoligy Simon Msanjila encouraged the students and thanked the work of volunteer language teachers from China and wish them a prosperous life.

Ten volunteers who have completed their two-year service in Tanzania also received certificate of appreciation from the official.

Zheng Xueyu, Chinese language coordinator in Tanzania, commended all the students who are taking part in the competition, encouraging them to work hard for better results.

Tanzania has introduced Chinese language teaching in its education system in 2016. Currently, there are six pilot secondary schools offering Chinese classes to a total of 2,631 students. Endit