Chinese Teachers to Be Invited to Work in AfricaWinners of a national contest of teaching abilities in China will become the first group of Chinese teachers to work in Africa.China's Ministry of Education announced on June 20 that it will start later this month inviting domestic applications for jobs teaching in two African nations, Mali and Gabon. The monthly wages for the two-year assignments will be 1,100 U.S. dollars each, much higher than the payment for ordinary Chinese teachers. The applicants will have to be college teachers who can use French to teach mathematics, physics, chemistry or biology. They will take an examination organized by the ministry, said an official with the ministry's department of international cooperation and exchanges. It is the first time for China to invite domestic teachers to work abroad. |
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