A memorandum of agreement has been signed to train Filipino public school teachers for Master of Arts in Education, Major in Chinese Language Teaching (MAEd CLT).
In partnership with the Confucius Institute, the Department of Education (DepEd) will be training 300 Filipino teachers in the next five years to teach Mandarin in support of the sustainable development of the Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL)-Chinese Mandarin in public secondary schools.
According to Education Secretary Leonor Briones, proficiency in language is an indicator of quality education and this program hopes to improve the quality of education in the Philippines.
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