Monday, December 23, 2024

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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...

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...

Language student held in chains by school staff

A Japanese language school has been kicked off the government scheme for enrolling would-be migrants after a member of staff used chains to forcibly...

US Marshalls grab EFL teacher on most wanted list

Raymond 'RJ' McLeod, one of the US Marshall’s most wanted suspects, has been found teaching English in EL Salvador after more than six years...
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