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NCI organises Head Teacher Delegation visit to China

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Photo credits go to Hanban.edu.cn

23/11/2016

A delegation of ten head teachers from local primary and secondary schools and one official from the educational section of Nottingham City Council, travelled to China on 15th November for a seven day visit to Ningbo and Shanghai. This visit was organised by Nottingham Confucius Institute in partnership with the city council.

The delegation was warmly received by senior officials from the Ningbo Educational Bureau and Foreign Affairs Office, accompanied by colleagues from the NCI Ningbo Branch based at The University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus. By the end of the visit, nine of the ten Headmasters signed memorandums of agreement with their counterparts from local schools in Ningbo to establish sister school partnerships. 

The purpose of the visit was for delegates to get to know more about China: for most of them, this was their first ever visit. This was a vital opportunity to learn about Chinese culture and the Chinese education system, with a view to exploring options for cooperation and exchange with schools in China.

Feedback from delegates was very positive. “It was an incredibly successful and insightful trip. I'm very keen to introduce aspects of Chinese culture into our curriculum”, said one headmaster. “I am currently feeding back my visit outcomes/photos/partnership news to the children in school. The next step is to form a working party and write a plan of action, including some collaborative work with our sister school in Ningbo”, said the other. 

Professor Shujie Yao, director of NCI, said he was very pleased with the outcome of the visit, which promised a great deal for the future. Indeed, the feedback was so encouraging that we have already started preparing for the next headmaster visit in October 2017.


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Posted on Monday 5th December 2016

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