China Targets On-line EFL
New regulations require online platforms based in China to display details of the qualifications of their foreign teachers. Under new Ministry of Education guidelines...
Homestay Horrors
Melanie Butler counts the cost of underpaying host families
The Chinese agent was upset. Two teenage clients who wanted to share a room had been...
Uncovering the Treasures of East Anglia
Melanie Butler takes us on a tour of the ‘home of English’, the region of East Anglia
The ancient kingdom of East Anglia runs up...
News In Brief
IRELAND: Ireland’s Labour Court has announced an inquiry aimed at setting up the English Language Schools Joint Labour Committee required by the legislation passed...
Cameroon Schools Stay Shut
Education has come to a virtual standstill in the English-speaking regions of majority Francophone Cameroon. A new school year began on 2 September, but...
India Rolls Out Training for Fifty Thousand Teachers
More than 51,000 teachers in rural government schools in India are being trained as part of the Tejas project, which aims to improve the...
