More students embrace Chinese language to boost employment

Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian (second-right) with Chinese language students and faculty members. [Godfrey Ombogo, Standard]

Students in Kenyan universities and high schools have turned to learning Chinese language as an avenue to boost their professional competitiveness in the global job market.

At the University of Nairobi's Confucius Institute, over 500 students are enrolled in different proficiency-level Chinese classes.