Punjab govt sets up Chinese language lab

LAHORE: The Punjab government has set- up a state-of-the-art Language Lab at Government Technical Training Institute, Gulberg here.

An official of the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) told APP on Sunday that on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, the authority had started training of 15,000 students to learn Chinese language courses in 13 cities across the province.

The course would start in other major cities soon. He said that the Chinese government had appreciated the contributions of the Punjab government to promotion of Chinese language.

At present, three-month duration course had been started at Govt College of Technology Railway Road Lahore, Gujranwala,Govt Technical Training Institute Gulberg Lahore, Faisalabad,Multan, Rawalpindi, Govt Staff Training College Faisalabad,Govt Technical Training Institute for Women Township and Gujjarpura Lahore, he said.