Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-05
By: CNA

Taiwan education minister Wu Se-hwa and Heidi Weidenbach-Mattar, on behalf

A ceremony held for Taiwan and Germany signing a MOU to promote more exchanges. (Photo/Ministry of Education)

of the Republic of China’s Ministry of Education and the Cultural Ministers Conference (KMK) of Germany, respectively, have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote more exchanges in elementary and secondary education, a spokesman from the Education Ministry said Thursday.

Over the past few years, some high schools in Taiwan have started student exchange programs and begun to offer German as a second foreign language.

By signing the memorandum, elementary and secondary schools will extend language teacher exchanges, improve language learning facilities, and further cooperation in vocational education.     [FULL  STORY]