Another Indonesia-based Internship Program for the Students of Faculty of Chinese Language and Culture

On December 16^th, JIANG Rui, chairman of Jembatan Budaya School in Bali, Indonesia came to visit the Faulty of Chinese Language and Culture of GDUFS. The Party Secretary of FCLC, LI Hemin, received the guest and exchanged views with JIANG on many issues such as cooperation in terms of Chinese teaching, student internship programs, and more. Meanwhile both have signed cooperative agreements.

It is reported that, with the signing of the agreement, that FCLC has established a total of nine overseas language-practice bases. The first group of TCSL interns is expected to arrive for the next school year.

Both parties reaching an agreement

Located in the popular tourist resort location of Bali, the Jembatan Budaya School has established a complete system from preschool to two-year junior college education levels. The school currently serves more than 1400 students with about 200 teaching and administrative staff.  Fourteen of the Chinese teachers in the school are from China and 20 of them are of Chinese heritage but of Indonesian nationality. Generally, the Chinese teachers recruited by the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Province or the partner universities of JB School, are required to be recognized by the Confucius Institute.

Representatives of both parties posing for a photo

To now, the number of students from FCLC working overseas has hit a total of 109. They have an accumulated experience of teaching the Chinese language on their own in 13 countries and regions including Indonesia, Italy, America and South America. In Indonesia, alone, 6 TCSL sites have been founded in recent years.