A Chinese company has signed an agreement with the Addis Ababa Education Bureau to construct two schools in Ethiopian capital.

According to CEOAFRICA findings, the China- Africa Friendship Schools project will cost around $9.6 million.

Speaking at the contract-signing ceremony, deputy general manager of China Jiangsu International, Mr. Xie Wei expressed his country’s readiness to complete the project in line with the agreement as a way of strengthening the bound of relationship between China and Ethiopia.

He said the schools will be constructed by international standards with 26 classrooms each, while the project is expected to be completed within 20 months.

Sources disclosed that the company has been in Ethiopia for more than a decade, with many projects credible to them.

“The China-Africa Friendship School project is another landmark for the relations between China and Ethiopia. We will carry out the project strictly as per the agreement to make our contribution to deepen friendship,” he noted.

In his responds, 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.

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