Iran bans teaching English in primary schools as Islamic leaders warn it opens the way to a Western 'cultural invasion'Daily Mail/UK, Jan 7, 2018, Scott Campbell
Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools after Islamic leaders warned that learning the language opened the way to a Western 'cultural invasion'.
Mehdi Navid-Adham, head of the state-run High Education Council, said: 'Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations.
'This is because the assumption is that, in primary education, the groundwork for the Iranian culture of the students is laid.'
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