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Overview

China opens Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•BotswanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BotswanaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2009
Start (actual)
May 30, 2009
End (actual)
Sep 10, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana is located in the city of Gaborone. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/110020793

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Botswana

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Botswana

Loan desecription

China opens Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana

Narrative

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Project narrative

The University of Botswana (UB) signed an agreement with the Headquarters of Confucius Institute to establish the Confucius Institute at UB in October 2007. The Confucius Institute was established jointly by the University of Botswana and Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) through the signed of a Memorandum of Agreement on May 15, 2008. The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana began its operations on May 30, 2009, and the first session of Chinese language began on July 6, 2009. Then, on September 10, 2009, the formal launching of Chinese classes was held. The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana was set up in cooperation with Shanghai Normal University to act as a platform for Chinese language, history and culture learning and public events related to China in the local society. 230 Botswana students have taken classes at the institute as of January 2010. As of December 2011, it has trained more than 1300 students learning Chinese.