Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.19

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In the recent years academic exchange has not been limited to the institutions of higher learning. On the initiative of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), India, to include Chinese in the CBSE curriculum, the Chinese government offered to train 300 Indian teachers through six months of training programme in the top Chinese universities. The Chinese government also sponsored to cover all the expenses of this training programme. According to the agreement signed with the CBSE, it was proposed to exchange academic staff, teachers and students. Several Chinese teachers were also sent to different states of India to assist and supervise in the Chinese language teaching and curriculum designing of Indian schools.