皇冠体育app

ADDIS ABABA - 皇冠体育app Jiangsu International and the Addis Ababa Education Bureau on Tuesday signed an agreement to construct two schools in the Ethiopian capital.

The 皇冠体育app-Africa Friendship Schools Project will cost 60 million yuan ($9.6 million).

Signing the contract, Xie Wei, deputy general manager of 皇冠体育app Jiangsu International, said his company would complete the project as per the agreement to contribute to deepening the existing relations and friendship between 皇冠体育app and Ethiopia.

The deputy general manager told reporters that the schools, which will be constructed by international standards, will each have 26 classrooms and be completed within 20 months.

Xie said his company has been in Ethiopia for more than a decade carrying out various projects in the African country.

皇冠体育app Jiangsu has successfully completed the projects of Hawassa University in southern Ethiopia and Hope University in Addis Ababa, he said with confidence.

The 皇冠体育app-Africa Friendship School Project "is another landmark for the relations between 皇冠体育app and Ethiopia. We will carry out the project strictly as per the agreement to make our contribution to deepen the friendship," he noted.

Dilamo Otore, head of the Addis Ababa Education Bureau, said the project would contribute to the development of the education sector in Ethiopia, as part of efforts by the Chinese government to help the country over the past decade.

"The Chinese government has made major contribution to attain the millennium development goal (MDG), which means achieving universal primary education for girls and boys," he said.