China, Jamaica sign education agreement

Seated from left are Education Minister Ronald Thwaites,
and Vice Minister of Education in China DU Zhanyuan at
 the signing of the MoU. Witnessing in the back row from
 left are Permanent Secretary Elaine Foster Allen and other
 members of the Chinese delegation: Wang Yanjue,
General Director; H.E. Dong Xiaojun, Chinese Ambassador
to Jamaica; and Li Jun, Director General.

Thursday, June 19, 2014 | 9:02 PM  

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The governments of China and Jamaica have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of skills in various fields of education, language teaching, technical and vocational education, and cooperation between institutions of higher learning.

The agreement which was signed last week follows a visit to China last year by Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites.

Both countries will conduct educational cooperation and exchange with each other on an equal and mutually beneficial basis over the five-year period of the MoU, the Education Ministry said in a release Thursday. more