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Gambia News : Gambian students begin agriculture course in Pingtung
A course for Gambian students to acquire agriculture-related
knowledge and skills began yesterday at the National Pingtung
University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in Pingtung County.
It is the first agriculture course conducted in English, provided in
Taiwan to students from the west African country — one of Taiwan’s
allies — though there have previously been courses for Gambian students
in the fields of fossil fuel, information and construction.
The four-year production and management course was established under
the promotion of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who was impressed by
the NPUST during a visit to the university in April, NPUST officials
said.
The officials said the course is being attended by 25 students sent to
Taiwan by the Gambian government, who are divided into four groups that
will study plant production, agribusiness and management, and
agricultural engineering and farm mechanization.
In addition, the students will have the opportunity to learn farm
management and processing skills, as well as about distribution and
marketing, said an NPUST executive in charge of the project.
A ceremony was held yesterday to mark the opening of classes, which was
attended by Gambian Office of the President Secretary-General Abdoulie
Sallah and Gambian Ambassador to Taiwan Mawdo Juwara, as well as Chen
Shih-liang , director-general in charge of African affairs at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with Ministry of Education officials.
The university has enrolled some 100 foreign students from 22 Asian,
African and Latin American countries for this academic year, including
20 from Vietnam who are enrolled as part of a cooperation agreement
with Vietnam’s Nguyen University.
The university has prepared a variety of activities during the new
semester to allow the foreign students to gain knowledge of Taiwanese
culture and customs and meet local students, the NPUST officials said.
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