The demand for ELT across Latin America is ripe as governments view the language as a tool to access the global economy. However supply is barred by a lack of quality teaching force and low access.
Open English, the leading online English-language school in Latin America, this month began rolling out its services targeting the US's growing Hispanic communities.
Mexico and the UK have signed a mutual qualifications recognition agreement which stakeholders say will increase bilateral student mobility and make it easier to create transnational partnerships and initiatives.
US-based education company Bridge has announced it will expand into pathway programmes by opening four centres on university campuses in the US and Brazil, preparing international students for study at American universities.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will announce $1 million of Department of State funding on January 17 to bolster student exchange between universities in the US and Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch event of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund will be live-streamed on Friday.
