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The Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana has launched Chinese program for the Ghana Immigration Officers at the Airport.

The programme is aimed at breaking the language barrier between Chinese nationals and Immigration Officers who arrived on daily bases at the Kotoka International Airport.

Director of Confucius Institute at the University of Ghana, Dr. Meilian Mei, speaking at the launch, said the main objective of this initiative is to help to create a friendly atmosphere between Chinese visiting Ghana and immigration officers, as well as to facilitate communication between them as they go through immigration formalities on their arrival at the airport.

She added that “the programme will be organized for Seventy Immigration officers and there will be a three-two hour lesson each week for eight weeks.

At the end of the programme, the trained officers will get a certificate and the best will be awarded prizes and some will be selected for further training to enable them to acquire higher proficiency in Chinese.”

On his part, the Representative of the Comptroller – General of Immigration, Chief Superintendent Asare Bediako, [Head of training] described the initiative as gratifying.

“It is pertinent to note that the Chinese nationals constitute a greater number of passengers who access the airport and having Chinese Embassy in Accra to train officers in the Chinese language is more gratifying," he said. 

The Political Counselor of the Chinese Embassy and Deputy Head of the Chinese Embassy Mr Zhu Jing said 6,500 Ghanaians national are currently studying in China. he, however, deemed it fit for such a scheme to be replicated in Ghana.