A new Home Economics classroom has opened at Beulah College in commemoration of its 120th anniversary.
The classroom which is funded by the Chinese Government was opened by Ambassador Huang Huaguang.
In his remarks, Ambassador Huang said, he is glad to open the new home economics classroom on the happy occasion of the 120 years celebration of Beulah College and is confident that the new classroom will play a positive role in enhancing the teaching environment of Beulah and improve the skills of the students to better prepare for the future employment.
He also mentioned that last September, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the United Nations Development Summit and announced a package of important measures to support the development of developing countries, including commit 2 billion US dollars to set up South-South Cooperation Fund to help developing countries to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
He believes China and Tonga can take this great opportunity to expand the cooperation in various sectors including education.
In recent years, China supported the development of Tongan education sector by helping in the construction of new schools, providing education facilities, training teachers as well as offering scholarship.
The opening ceremony was also attended by Lord Ma’afu, Minister for Land and Natural Resources, who is also the Noble of Vaini, as well as teachers, students and ex-students of Beulah College.