24 Sep 2018
Mandarin Chinese lessons in hot demand
It's Chinese Language Week and teachers are increasingly in hot demand in the regions, as more people of all ages enrol for Mandarin classes. It follows a nationwide trend of primary and secondary students learning the language, which reached record levels last year. There are now 65,000 Year 1 to 8 students learning Mandarin around the country - a three-fold increase in the last five years. But as Jessie Chiang reports, community classes for the public, particularly in the Bay of Plenty, are growing too.