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http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=168396
Saturday, March 21, 2009IslamabadThe Korean government is making all out efforts to promote Korean language and for this purpose is sending a number of Korean language instructors to Pakistan, said Korean Ambassador Shin Un.He was addressing the students and faculty members at the 3rd Korean Speech Contest, on Friday, at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), says a press release. He said that out of them three instructors will be on the faculty of the University. He further informed the audience that Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has also planned to donate next month a number of books and educational equipment such as computers, multimedia etc worth $20,000 for the Korean Centre being set up soon at NUML. Besides, Korean companies operating in Pakistan will be encouraged to recruit graduates of Korean language department of the university, the ambassador added. Dr Kamran Jahangir, director general of NUML, in his welcome address, informed the gathering that previously Pakistani students aspiring to seek admission in Korean institutions were required to qualify test of proficiency in Korean language from India but today this test is locally available with the establishment of the Korean Department at NUML. He said the Korean Language Department at the University has made marvellous achievement in a short span of three years. The department now runs courses from Certificate to Diploma to Advance Diploma and the number of students has risen to 30 from 3 in 2006.Dr Kamran Jahangir further elaborated that due to the success rate the Korean government has encouraged NUML to open another department at its Lahore campus.
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