China has trained more than 5,000 overseas students pursuing Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL) degrees.
Since the MTCSOL was set up in 2007, a total of 5,052 students from more than 100 countries have studied in China, and most of the approximately 3,500 graduates have returned to their home countries to teach Chinese, according to the Confucius Institutes on September 14. The Confucius Institutes were established in 2004 to help non-native speakers learn the Chinese language.
Another 15,741 Chinese students have also reportedly pursued the degree. |