8 minutes agoEnglish - Language Teachings Banned in Iran
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A senior education official in Iran has called for a ban on learning anal language in initial schooling, following warnings from Islamic leaders that this language has sent to <x0 cultural secession” on the West side. Chief of the Council for Higher Education, Mehdi Navid-Adham, has said of a state television that “lesson [...]
Chief of the Council for Higher Education, Mehdi Navid-Adham, has said of a state television that “the teaching of analse language in government and non-governmental schools is against the laws and regulations”.
The main goal is to teach Iranian culture foundations to students” in primary education, he said.
In Iran the main language is Persian, until the children's first lessons in English begin when they are 12-14 years old, although in some schools lessons can start even earlier.
It is still unclear whether the ban has begun to apply.
The Supreme Leader, Ayatolah Ali Khamenei, in 2016 had demonstrated his concerns about “English language lessons in children's gardens”.
In 2017, the Iranian Intelligence Agency has banned publication of a book in Kurdish.
