iTEP Brings Affordable, Up-to-date English Assessment to Iran

TEHRAN–iTEP (International Test of English Proficiency) is now available for the first time in Iran with 10 test centers located in Tabriz and Tehran. The suite of English exams created by iTEP International is an affordable, secure, and easy to schedule English assessment tool that is rapidly gaining market share and is now available worldwide.

Through a US Treasury Department special education exemption to the trade embargo, iTEP is now available to Iranian organizations to evaluate the English proficiency of their applicants, students, and employees. Iranian students who wish to apply to one of more than 600 primarily North American schools that accept iTEP can schedule on demand. Prior to the 1981 sanctions, Iran was the most represented country among international students in the US. In recent years, education in the US has been promoted to Iranian students by the US State Department despite opposition from the Iranian government. While enrollments of Persian students at US schools have risen, they have not approached their previous levels of 1980. However, iTEP Chairman Perry Akins believes that with the Iranian embargo being lifted, international student enrollments will begin to rapidly increase in 2016.

Akins, who prior to founding iTEP in 2002, was president from 1970-1979 of ELS Language Centers, one of the largest chains of English schools in the world, says, “Enrollments are down at colleges, high schools, and English programs across the US due to cuts in funding for scholarships for Saudi Arabian students. Iran is poised to resume sending large numbers of students to the US, and we are now on the ground there to facilitate.” Expert on US-Iran Education and CEO of Worldgate Consulting Fariba Nejat, says “As Iran reconnects to the world arena, iTEP acts as a bridge to connect Iranian students with the rest of the world.”

iTEP has already been used to assess the English skills of Persian students ranging from the secondary school level through PhD candidates. Nejat adds: “iTEP is the only widely accessible, authentic test that evaluates Iranian students’ English language skills in a comprehensive and meaningful way.”

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