Schools in Pakistan's Sindh province to teach Chinese

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I think this is very interesting! A very forward thinking idea, but whether or not it will actually happen remains to be seen…

"…The government of the Pakistani province of Sindh has announced plans to make Chinese compulsory in schools from 2013.

    All educational institutions in the province will have to  provide Chinese language courses from class six (10-11-year-olds), it  says...."

Might be a tall order, on top of Urdu, Sindhi and English!

More at: Schools in Pakistan's Sindh province to teach Chinese - BBC News

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:k:, but it should have been elective and not compulsory. I’d like to see more languages introduced as an option to students all over the country.

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When they can barely speak Urdu, and cant put two sentences together in English, why waste time on Chinese? Seems rather stupid to me.

Besides, there is no way the Sindh govt has the capacity to be teaching Chinese. Where the heck are they going to get the teachers for one thing?

File this next too all the other white elephant projects in Pak, along such gems as the High speed monorail or the KCR, etc.

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I think it is a good idea. Learning Chinese should be encouraged all over Pakistan. China is future.

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Chinese isn’t a language. :rolleyes:

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urdu english aati nahi…chinese sikha lo…:nahi:

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If some people are unable to read/write English/Urdu doesn't mean rest of population should be deprived of learning Cantonese/Mandarin.

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was learning chinese banned in pakistan before?
I remember my father's time it was persian.
In my time it was Arabic.
Now its chinese..

meanwhile english was there all the time..

is the govt. confused? or afraid that too many children are passing exams?

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it is.

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What a Joke.

If anything, Arabic should have been made mendatory. This is what new generations of Pakistan need to learn.

And English should also be taught in govt. run schools on the model of proven private English Medium Academies.

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Arabic/Persians are not going to influence the next decade or two for technology, manufacturing, trade or business, its Mandarin/Cantonese.

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I respectfully disagree. I still think that English will remain the prime source of influence when it will come to technology/global trade.

Arabic is important and should be made compulsory for Muslim kids and elective for the rest.

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I agree that English is not going away and that it will still be essential for global trade, but for Pakistani engineers, purchasers, businessmen etc. knowing Mandarin will greatly help as Chinese are not strong in English.

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I see your point and it does make sense. Will every Pakistani need to learn Mandarin though? I believe it still needs to be an elective and not compulsory.

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Mandarin can be made compulsory for 2-3 years, once they cross matriculation then it can be made elective. Once foundation has been laid then students can chose to pursue it further or leave it at higher levels.

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Its a waste of resources trying to teach kids Chinese, when they could be using that money to improve English teaching standards.

And the Chinese may be rising, but English is still the worlds Lingua Franca.

Wasting already minimum and badly used resources on teaching a whole new Language, will create nothing more then an entire generation whose only working knowledge of either Chinese or English, is to be able to count to ten.

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But then the Chinese are also learning English. No other country, as far as I know, is making Chinese compulsory, and yet their trade with China is still booming.

Chinese want to make money regardless of what language you speak. If the see an advantage in investing in Pak, they will. If they dont see this advantage for whatever reason, no amount of mandarin will ever convince them...

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I think there are some other countries which are making Chinese language instruction available at least. It is not that English will go away. However, being able to understand the Chinese through their own language is a great advantage. There is so much cultural stuff which comes with language. NOT knowing another culture's language and perspective puts one at a great disadvantage.

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china kee khushamad kerne main bhala hai na.