UNESCO to launch "Teach For China" program in February

BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Chinese media) -- The United Nations

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will start a "Teach

For China" program in February 2009 when Chinese colleges commence a new

semester, program chief Yu Wei said Saturday.

The program will be run by the UNESCO's International

Research and Training Center for Rural Education (INRULED).

The INRULED will enroll the first group of 12

university graduates, who are expected to teach for two years in elementary and

high schools in backward rural areas as well as schools for children of migrant

workers in cities.

Applicants have to go through procedures such as

written test, interview and role play, she said. The chosen candidates will be

trained from July to August in terms of educational theory, teaching practice,

psychology and rural development, among others.

In 2010, the program will expand its recruitment to

30 graduates.

The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation of China's Hong

Kong Special Administrative Region will finance the program at its initial

stage, according to Yu.