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Chinese Focus on Traditional Culture and Language
Starting this semester, China’s national school curriculum will...
Israel Introduces Mandatory Hebrew Tests
According to According to the Jerusalem Post, for the first time ever, Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch plans to conduct mandatory Hebrew testing for...
San Francisco Makes Vietnamese Official
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to make Vietnamese an official language, joining Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino as languages in which...
China Bans Tibetan on Douyin
Tibetans in Tibet have expressed concerns and dismay in response to the Chinese government’s decision to ban the Tibetan language and remove posts in...
New Immigrants May Not Require Russian
According to the independent Moscow Times, President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency...
Morocco Implements Amazigh for All
Moroccan minister of education and sports Chakib Benmoussa has provided updates on his government’s program to introduce Amazigh language curriculum in all of the...
English Boom in North Korea
In contrast to its open hostility toward the US, North Korea has been doubling down on English education in its public schools under the...
UN Celebrates Kiswahili
Last month, the United Nations celebrated the third annual World Kiswahili Day with events worldwide and a speech by UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay, who...
US Sees Sharp Rise in Telugu Speakers
The Telugu-speaking population in the US has surged fourfold in the last eight years, growing from 320,000 in 2016 to 1.23 million in 2024....
