Chinese culture unit for Glasgow

The Herald reports that a special unit designed to develop links with China and promote Mandarin language learning is to be opened in a secondary school in Scotland's largest local authority.

Hillhead High School in the west end of Glasgow has been chosen as the location of the city's first Confucius Classroom, part of a network of similar units at secondaries across Scotland. The Confucius Classroom will give pupils lessons in Chinese language and culture and will also be used to organise trips to China and develop links with Chinese people living in Scotland. Although Hillhead High is the location of the new hub, the intention is to provide a facility that other schools and communities in Glasgow will be able to use.

The initiative is being delivered as a partnership between Glasgow City Council, Learning and Teaching Scotland and the Hanban - the organisation in China with responsibility for the promotion of Chinese language and culture.