Canadian schools keen on Mandarin

Principals and head teachers from 100 Canadian primary and secondary schools were in Beijing on Monday hoping to forge deeper links with the Confucius Institute so they can offer more Mandarin classes at their schools.

The Lester B. Pearson School Board from Montreal, Quebec, was part of the delegation.

Marcus Tabachinck, chairman of the school board, said it already offers some Mandarin instruction but wants to expand that to meet student demand.