Iran bans English language from primary schools

Iran’s head of High Education
Council said teaching of English at the
primary school level is now against the
law
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei said teaching of English
language will expose the children to
Western cultures
Ali Khamenei, however, said Iran is
not opposed to learning of foreign
language
Mehdi Navid-Adham, head Iran's High
Education Council, said on state
television late on Saturday, January 6,
that teaching English language at the
primary school level is now unlawful.
He 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,”
he added.
The Independent reports that Navid-
Adham said non-curriculum English
classes may also be blocked under the
new rules.
Note that Persian is the official national
language of Iran.
Primary education in the country starts
at the age of six and lasts for six years.