Overview

Chinese Embassy in South Africa donates smart boards and Chinese books to local schools in Pretoria (Linked to Record ID#60265)

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•South AfricaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

Start (actual): Mar 6, 2017

End (actual): Mar 6, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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The recipient schools were located in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/25503669

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

Chinese Embassy

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of South Africa

Loan description

Chinese Embassy in South Africa donates smart boards and Chinese books to local schools in Pretoria (Linked to Record ID#60265)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 6, 2017, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa donated smart boards and Chinese language books to ten schools in Pretoria who were participating in the Confucius Institute's Chinese language pilot program (中国驻南非大使馆向南非10所中小学捐赠汉语教学设备). Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Tian Xuejun, South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Motka, and principals and teachers and students representatives of 10 local Chinese language teaching pilot primary and secondary schools attended the event. The Chinese government had previously donated 2,000 textbooks to these and other schools in this program as well as sent instructors from China to teach the classes (#60265).

Staff comments

The total amount of funding provided for this program and the number of smart boards and books donated is unknown.