On 9 January 2020, at the beginning of the new school term of Nusrat Senior Secondary School, H.E. Ambassador Ma Jianchun visited the newly-established China Cultural Corner at the school library. He was cordially welcomed by outgoing Principal Karamo Bojang, incoming Principal Mamadi Ceesay, a students’ band, and hundreds of Nusrat teachers and students.Ambassador Ma commended Nusrat students for their excellent achievements in various academic tests and competitions, and for their impressive performance in the application of the highly-competitive Chinese Government Scholarship programs. He reviewed the fruitful China-Gambia cooperation especially in the areas of education and cultural exchanges, and briefly introduced China’s development experiences. To encourage Nusrat students to study hard and make contributions to the development of The Gambia in the future, Ambassador Ma shared an anecdote of how Mr. Zhou Enlai, the first Premier and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, aspired to work for the rise of his nation at the age of only 12, and how he fulfilled such aspiration in his lifetime.
Principal Bojang welcomed Ambassador Ma for his first visit to Nusrat. He expressed appreciation for the Chinese Embassy in helping improve the learning environment in Nusrat, and for providing Gambian students with abundant opportunities to study in China through the prominent Chinese Government Scholarship programs. Principal Bojang spoke highly of the cordial China-Gambia friendship and China’s cooperation with The Gambia in various fields. He encouraged Nusrat students to make frequent visit to the China Cultural Corner, and to seek knowledge of various facets of China.
Talented Nusrat students performed a stage show about a story of how the China Cultural Corner would make it convenient for interested students at Nusrat to learn information about China. A student representative performed a self-written poetry in praise of the Gambia-China friendship.
The China Cultural Corner at Nusrat school library was co-built by the Chinese Embassy and Nusrat Senior Secondary School. Books and videos about China’s history, culture, language, society, technology and so on are stored at the Corner.