Monday, March 31, 2025

Global News

Iran: crackdown on foreign languages and international schools

Iran’s education ministry has announced a ban on all foreign language teaching in kindergartens and primary schools, effective immediately, according to a report from Iranian state media last week. Education...

India: Andhra Pradesh takes steps to improve its English proficiency

The state government of Andhra Pradesh in India have signed an agreement with US-based Educational Testing Service (ETS)....

BC staff striking in Portugal UPDATED

EL Gazette can report that British Council staff across Portugal will be on strike next week. According to...

Morocco to increase ELT in middle schools

Last week, the Ministry of National Education, Preschool, and Sports in Rabat announced strategies to expand ELT coverage...

News in Numbers: Malta 2022

In April, EL Gazette reported on Malta's booming success as an ELT destination. In 2022, the numbers really...

Global Perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world SPAIN: Britain’s new ambassador to Spain, former TEFLer Hugh Elliott, arrived in the country...

News in Brief

TANZANIA: Tanzania will retain English as “the language of instruction in schools,” Prof Joyce Ndalichako, minister of education for the East African country, confirmed....

Global perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world JAPAN: An investigation by Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reveals that 13 of the country’s...

Global perspective

The Gazette editorial team’s selection of ELT news from around the world IRAN: The British Council has confirmed that it is “sadly, highly likely” that the...

Japanese chain slashes one-to-one school sites

The Coco Juku English language school chain closed 51 of its 72 schools across Japan on 31 March. The chain’s owner, the Nichii Gakkan...

Tall tales to tempt learners

The Japanese government is getting into the anime business, with the publication of a new book featuring a Japanese schoolgirl, a swordsman and a...
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