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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Algeria forces Francophone schools to adopt Arabic curriculum but says all languages are welcome

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Amid broad debate about French language's place in France's former African colonies, Algeria is denying that efforts to force Francophone private schools to adopt the country's national curriculum constitute hostility toward French.

Education Minister Abdelkrim Belabed said that no languages were being “targeted” in Algeria and noted that multilingualism was among the education system's major achievements.

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