The two-day China Education Exhibition 2006 kicked off in
Kathmandu Sunday in a bid to provide information for the Nepalese
students willing to study in China.
As many as 25 universities from various parts of China including
Communication University of China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Fudan
University, Tongji University, are participating in the event, the
forth of its kind in Nepal.
The exhibition is jointly organized by China Scholarship Council
under Chinese Education Ministry, the Chinese Embassy to Nepal and
the Araniko Society, a Sino-Nepal friendship organization.
The major objective of the exhibition is to impart first-hand
knowledge and information to prospective Nepalese students and
families about the Chinese education system, individual
universities and courses they offer.
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Nepalese Minister for
Education and Sports Radha Krishina Mainali said, "Nepal and China
maintain friendly relationships in various fields, which canbe
further strengthened through this exhibition."
Chinese education system is at the international level, and it
is suitable for Nepalese students, Mainali noted.
For his part, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Sun Heping said that
the Chinese government pays great attention to the accepting and
cultivating of foreign students studying in China, and regards it
as a main part of foreign exchanges.
China has given top priority to education, which is regarded as
its basic state policy, Sun noted, adding, "Therefore China has
absorbed more and more foreign students to come to study and is
increasing by 20 percent annually."
About 3,000 Nepalese students are currently studying different
subjects such as medicine, engineering, tourism and business
administration in China. The Chinese government has made available
scholarship to nearly 800 Nepalese students during the last four
decades.
(Xinhua News Agency April 17, 2006)
