Ethiopian immigration officers learn Chinese
China DailyTeshager Moga describes the communication barrier as the biggest hurdle that he and fellow officers at the Foreigners' Service Directorate within the Ethiopian Immigration and Citizenship Service have to overcome in their day-to-day engagements with foreign nationals. The short-term basic Chinese-language training program, which will be offered by the Confucius Institute at Addis Ababa University, is expected to equip officers with a basic command of the Chinese language. Moga says that the three-month training will not only equip him and fellow colleagues with basic Chinese language skills, but also enable them to better understand China and its people. He says that empowering service providers, such as employees of the Ethiopian ICS, with better communication skills, will improve the experience of Chinese nationals in the East African country. Addis Ababa University, with the help of the Confucius Institute, has also recently launched its first-ever master's program in the Chinese language in Ethiopia.
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