2024-09-17
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE AT KENYATTA UNIVERSITY HSK, HSKK & YCT EXAM CENTRE HOLDS THE SECOND EXAMS, OCTOBER 2022
On October 22, 2022, the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University held its second HSK, HSKK & YCT exam on the ground floor of the International Language and Culture Center Building. As an examination Centre, KUCI provides its student, the public, primary and high school students taking Chinese Mandarin in Kenya the opportunity to sit the International exams. These are international exams set and marked in China but is administered through certified test centres globally. KUCI is one such exam Centre.
Chinese lectures were at hand to ensure full compliance with the headquarters requirements which included strict observation of Covid-19 protocols. They also carefully checked the information of the examinees, orderly organized the entrance and seating of the examinees. They carefully guided them to fill in details of their exam numbers, Chinese names among others on the answer cards according to the requirements of the examination order manual. They also collected, sealed and mailed the exam answer booklets to China on the same day.
China has been administering these exams for many years as they saw a need to standardize the testing of proficiency of Chinese language learners globally. Experts in Chinese language teaching, linguists, psychologists, education managers among other experts were tasked to evaluate and come up with a global standard to test Chinese proficiency. This gave birth to the HSK, HSKK & YCT exams. This year KUCI had many candidates, a true reflection of the growing awareness of the need to learn Chinese mandarin as a foreign language in Kenya.
The Kenyan Government under the new CBC curriculum has authorized the teaching of Chinese Mandarin in the Kenyan curriculum. KUCI has not only been training teachers to teach the language in these schools, but also has been working closely with primary schools and high schools in Kenya with Chinese clubs. It is in the Institute’s interest to ensure that it stays fresh in the minds and hearts of the young leaners, this way once they clear their high school studies will join KUCI to advance their Chinese language learning.
Students taking the HSKK exam
Students take HSK exams
Lecturers ensuring compliance before admitting candidates to the HSK exam hall
October 2022 YCT candidates take their test
Chinese lecturer Wu Haowen checking examinee details before allowing them to enter the exam room
Chinese lecturer Luo Duoduo checking covid-10 compliance
Students taking YCT exam