Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School (Group) and Hong Kong G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College sign an agreement to jointly form a teaching alliance. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)
Nanshan district in Shenzhen will deepen its collaboration with Hong Kong in education to sharpen its role as a national model for Shenzhen-Hong Kong cultural exchanges among youngsters, said local officials.
This was the message conveyed at the recent signing ceremony between Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School (Group) and Hong Kong G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College to form a teaching alliance. The new agreement brought the number of twinning schools in Nanshan with those outside the mainland to nearly 60.
According to the agreement, the two schools will work together in terms of education integration, teaching and research alliances, student exchange visits, international understanding curriculum, and teacher training.
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Nanshan Education Bureau's chief Yang Jun said the closer links with Hong Kong schools can enhance mutual understanding among teachers and students of both sides and expand their international vision
Li Wei, a senior officer of Nanshan, said the district enjoys geographic proximity with Hong Kong and takes a positive approach to its opening-up arrangement to tighten educational exchanges and cooperation with the special administrative region.
The Nanshan Education Bureau this year signed framework agreements on educational collaboration with a couple of Hong Kong institutes, including The Education University of Hong Kong and the association to promote the professional development of Hong Kong principals, said Yang Jun, the bureau chief.
She said the closer links with Hong Kong schools can enhance mutual understanding among teachers and students of both sides and expand their international vision.
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Her bureau will encourage more educational groups in the district to forge alliances with primary and middle schools in Hong Kong to increase educational integration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
