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KLES to start colleges in China

Spreading education: Members of the Chinese delegation with the KLES chairman Parbhakar B. Kore in Belgaum on Friday.

Belgaum: The KLE Society, which runs over 120 schools and colleges all over the State and other parts of the country, on Friday entered into a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese delegation consisting of Shen Wenping, deputy director of Jiaxing Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation; Wohong Liu, deputy chief, Foreign Investment Promotion Division; Nandu Idekhane, managing director, Aqualon Asia Pacific Inc, Shanghai; and Yogesh Wagh, convener.

The MoU, aimed at promotion and development of education and establishment of educational institutions in China, follows a proposal submitted to the KLE Society by the Government of China, according to KLES Chairman and Chancellor of KLE University Prabhakar B. Kore.

A delegation consisting of members of KLES had visited China recently to explore the possibilities of opening educational institutions in that country. The Chinese Government responded positively, resulting in the signing of the MoU for starting schools/institutions of English and nursing colleges, he said.

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