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ELT market to reach $115 billion by 2029

The global English language training (ELT) market is projected to reach $88.98 billion in 2025, up from $83.55 billion in 2024.

Korea: What is the problem with E-type visas?

A growing labour union in Korea, formed last year, is challenging the country's visa rules, branding them "modern-day slavery".

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...

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...

Learning English again debated in China

As reported in the Global Times, the importance – or not – of Chinese children learning English at school is once again in the...

US and Spain renew educational exchange

The USA and Spain have a memorandum of understanding to study each other’s languages and culture which was renewed this week, reports The Local. The...

USA’s English bill

According to the dailymail.com, America’s bill for teaching Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in all years from Kindergarten through 12th grade, the final year...

Higher English for Afghan refugees

When Afghan refugees started arriving in the United States in large numbers last year, some of those at the English Language Program (ELP) at...

Vietnamese pre-schools to introduce English

As the new school year starts in Vietnam, a number of initiatives have been introduced by the country’s Ministry of Education and Training. Along...

Ireland’s accommodation crisis continues

Post-Brexit, Ireland is bursting at the seams. As a measure of how desperate the situation has become, the executive director of the Irish Council...
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