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Agreement on promoting French language teaching in Serbian schools signed
Belgrade,
30 December 2008
Serbian Minister of Education Zarko Obradovic and French Ambassador to Belgrade Jean Francois Terral today signed an agreement on promoting the teaching of French in Serbian schools.
Jean Francois Terral and Zarko Obradovic
The Minister said that French as a first foreign language is taught in 50 primary schools and as a second language in 600 schools.
He added that 25 mentors for the French language have been trained and that this agreement confirms a good educational cooperation between France and Serbia.
Terral said that there are at least three reasons for France wanting to promote the French language in Serbia, France refuses to accept the world’s uniformity, ‘Francophonie’ and Serbia’s European perspective.
He also announced a project for opening a French department at the University of Nis and added that French is also taught in primary and secondary schools in Novi Sad and Nis.
He added that 25 mentors for the French language have been trained and that this agreement confirms a good educational cooperation between France and Serbia.
Terral said that there are at least three reasons for France wanting to promote the French language in Serbia, France refuses to accept the world’s uniformity, ‘Francophonie’ and Serbia’s European perspective.
He also announced a project for opening a French department at the University of Nis and added that French is also taught in primary and secondary schools in Novi Sad and Nis.
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