Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to expand the languages curriculum to encompass Urdu.

Elizabeth Truss

Schools are already able to choose which modern foreign languages they teach, and these can include Urdu. The new programme of study for languages, to be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, makes clear that learning a foreign language should provide an opening to other cultures, foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.