UMP's Confucius Institute to boost Mandarin-language education

UMP vice-chancellor Professor Dr Wan Azhar Wan Yusoff said the newly-launched institute will play an important role not only in helping to enhance students’ command of Mandarin, but also in providing a teaching and learning syllabus in Technical and Vocational Education and Training .

"The institute will engage in student exchange programmes involving UMP students to universities in China to expose undergraduates to the cultures and communities ," he said during the opening the UMP CI here by the Education Ministry's Policy Planning and Coordination Division secretary, Normah Osman.

Also present were China’s Cultural Affairs director in Malaysia Feng Jun, Hebei University vice-president Professor Dr Shen Shigang, Confucius Institute China director Professor Gui Fuliang and UMP CI director Yong Ying Mei. "Being a technical university, I hope UMP will take the opportunity to the CI technical expertise, technology transfer, development and research, as well as product commercialisation.

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