foreign languages, Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs
Olayinka Oladunjoye has declared that the State Government would
introduce Mandarin or Chinese Language in public schools curriculum as
from next session.
As she said: 'Learning the language in the state's public schools
would be an opportunity for the students to speak the language and be
able to adapt to the Chinese culture. The language became necessary
because China had become the new destination for economic growth and
technological development'.