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Overview

China Provides USD$10 Million for Ugandan School

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$10,461,984
Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•UgandaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2015

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Loan description

China Provides USD$10 Million for Ugandan School

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2015, Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Sports, Alupo presented a draft proposal seeking a grant of Uganda Shilling 30.8b from the Chinese government to facilitate the introduction of the Chinese language into Uganda’s education system at secondary level. The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Zhao Yali, approved the proposal and agreed that China will provide USD$10 million for Uganda's to teach mandarin in schools. The event was also attended by Uganda's Ambassador to China, Charles Wagidoso, and NCDC executive director, Connie Kateeba. In June 2018, Mandarin lessons in Uganda has already began. Intention is coded as representational because the impact of building mandarin teaching schools and encouraging mandarin speaking in Uganda is similar to building Confucius institute.