Greek teachers quarantined in Western Thrace
Four schools in the city of Xanthi, in Western Thrace, have been temporarily closed after a peripatetic English language teacher tested positive for Covid-19...
University of Victoria faces sharp drop in student numbers
Thirty-two teachers have lost their jobs at the English language centre of the University of Victoria, as the number of students enrolled in language...
UK government bails out British Council
The UK government has given the British Council a second cash injection of £60 million, according to the Guardian newspaper. The money, which comes...
Malta to open ELT in July
Maltese language schools will open in July, Julia Farrugia Portelli, Minister for Tourism, has told FELTOM (the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisation Malta).
Malta...
Punjabis prefer IELTS brides
The ancient tradition of Indian arranged marriages has taken a new twist among matchmakers in the northern state of Punjab, where “Ielts brides” –...
Korea closes language schools as Covid-19 hits hagwons
The Metropolitan Government of Seoul at the end of May ordered a programme of “special inspections” of the mega-city’s roughly 12,000 English-medium kindergartens, 343...
