Lack of funding prevents roll-out of Chinese as school subject

A sizeable number of principals are interested in introducing Mandarin Chinese as a subject, however a lack of qualified teachers, timetabling issues, and the absence of financial support prevents them from doing so.

That is according to new research published yesterday by the Irish Institute for Chinese Studies at University College Dublin (UCD). The study found that in the last 10 years, principals have become much more interested in introducing Chinese in their schools.