Choosing a foreign language in schools becomes optional – Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news

Mahmoud Amani Tehrani, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Education, in an interview with Mehr reporter regarding the latest situation regarding the teaching of foreign languages ​​other than English, said: a general agreement has been made with the Iranian Language Center to act as an organization whose framework is in the structure of the education system and The cultivation of the country is established and recognized; In the field of non-English foreign language education, school students should be included, and the Ministry of Education agrees with the teaching of non-English foreign languages ​​and recognizes the approval of the language center in the field of academic success of students.

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Education added: In this way, children who wish can use the possibility of the language center in the field of non-English language education. We raised this issue in the meeting of directors of the National Language Center. This issue has been raised with the management of the language center and a strategic plan has been presented by them.

Amani Tehrani by saying that according to the fundamental transformation of education, choosing a foreign language is a voluntary matter; He said: It means that the foreign language is one of the optional courses, so the right is reserved for the students to choose their favorite foreign language.

He continued: For knowledge the learner In the school, it is possible that if he does not want to study English, he does not have to participate in the English language classes of the school, provided that he uses the non-English language classes of the National Language Center.

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Education pointed out: This plan is in the undergraduate stage and after it is finalized in the Curriculum Commission of the Supreme Council of Education, it will be approved by the Supreme Council and this plan will definitely reach next year.