Despite many praiseworthy English language training initiatives in the region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continued to score poorly in the annual EF English Skills Proficiency Index.

Countries such as Libya (last of all 54 non-English-speaking countries ranked this year); Saudi Arabia (#52); UAE (#49); and Egypt (#48) scored “very low.” None of the 11 countries examined in the region achieved higher than a “low” ranking.

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