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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...

British Council boot camp boosts Thai teachers’ use of English

OVER 15,000 Thai teachers are now using English more often in their classes, following a three week ‘boot camp’ run by the British Council....

Demand for EFL growing in Cuba

Demand for English language courses for adults continues to grow in Cuba. English teacher Jorge Rodriguez, who works in a state-run language school in Havana,...

Inlingua Florida forced to close

Nine Inlingua language centres in Florida closed ‘abruptly’ in November, stranding over 500 students. Staff remain unpaid and students appear to have lost the...

‘English is not a foreign language in Quebec,’ says Quebec’s new premier

The 'Fleurdelise', the flag of the majority Francophone Canadian province of Quebec, here seen flying in downtown Montreal. Image: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Licence ‘English...

‘Northern Cyprus’ warning to Zimbabweans

The flag of the 'Turkish Republic of North Cyprus' (right) and the only nation to recognise it - the Republic of Turkey - (left),...
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