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Arrangement of cooperation in the field of education signed
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Arrangement of cooperation in the field of education signed in Paris.
The French and New Zealand Ministers of Education, Vincent Peillon and Hekia Parata, met in Paris on September 27th and signed an arrangement of cooperation between their ministries.
The
text will help strengthen cooperation in the fields
of education and language
between the two
countries, especially in the following fields:
o exchanges
between French and New Zealand schools
o the language
assistant exchange programme
o French/English bilingual
education
o Collaboration for the training of teachers of
French
Minister of Education Vincent
Peillon expressed his appreciation of the
importance of the French language in the New Zealand
education system. With 54 000 learners, French is
the most learnt foreign language in New Zealand
schools.
Minister Peillon expressed his thanks to Minister Hekia Parata for the encouragement given by the New Zealand Ministry of Education to the teaching of foreign languages in primary schools and for its support to the French/English bilingual education programmes.
Ms Parata and Mr Peillon also discussed the potential for school to school relationships as part of the 100th anniversary of World War 1, from 2014-18.
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