The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) will introduce a Mandarin course in September under a two-year agreement with the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC), part of China’s Ministry of Education.

Under the arrangement, CLEC will supply qualified instructors, while UTech will provide teaching facilities, accommodation, medical cover and administrative support. Instruction will be delivered through the Language Teaching and Researching Centre (LTRC) within the Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies, which coordinates language teaching and academic literacy programmes.

The agreement was signed earlier this month at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Hotel on the university’s Papine campus.