On 1 Augutst 2009, The Chinese Embassy in Accra has presented a number of Chinese textbooks and reading materials to the University of Ghana, Legon. 

Making the presentation, the Charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy, Mr. Wang Lushan, said the books were to assist Ghanaian students studying the Chinese language at the University. The items included reading books in English and Chinese, video tapes and DVDs and other learning materials. He explained that currently 30 Ghanaian students had completed their training programme in Chinese, adding that last year four students from the University of Ghana were given scholarships by the Chinese Embassy to study in China. He said the Embassy had provided the University of Ghana with two instructors and four volunteers to help teach the language. He also mentioned that another four volunteers were sent to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi to teach the language.

Mr. Wang Lushan said a degree course would begin in August this year at the University of Ghana, and he was of the hope that the books and the learning materials would enhance their studies. 

Receiving the materials, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ghana, Professor E. K. Osam, expressed his gratitude to the Chinese Government and hope that the university would become a centre where students from the sub-region would come to learn the Chinese language.

Source: Daily Graphic