French instead of English in an effort to break the monopoly of English. Kanoun-e-Zabaan-e-Iran or Iran's Language Institute affiliated to Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults was founded in 1979. Persian, English, French, Spanish, German, Russian and Arabic are taught to over 175,000 students during each term. English language is studied in first and second high school. However, the quality of English education in schools is not satisfactory and most of students in order to obtain a better English fluency and proficiency have to take English courses in private institutes. Before 2018, some primary schools also taught English. However, in January 2018, a senior educational official announced that teaching English is banned in primary schools, including non-government primary schools. Presently, there are over 5000 foreign language schools in the country, 200 of which are situated in Tehran. A few television channels air weekly English and Arabic language sessions, particularly for university candidates who are preparing for the annual entrance test. Internet and distance education Full Internet service is available in all major cities and it is very rapidly increasing. Many small towns and even some villages now have full Internet access. The government aims to provide 10% of government and commercial services via the Internet by end-2008 and to equip every school with computers and connections by the same date. Payame Noor University (established 1987) as a provider exclusively of distance education courses is a state university under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. As of 2020, 70% of Iranian schools linked to the local intranet. Higher education As of 2013, 4.5 million students are enrolled in universities, out of a total population of 75 million.</ref> Iranian universities graduate almost 750,000 annually. The tradition of university education in Iran goes back to the ancient times. By the 20th century, however, the system had become antiquated and was remodeled along French lines. The country's 16 universities were closed after the 1979 revolution and were then reopened gradually between 1982 and 1983 under Islamic supervision. While the universities were closed, the Cultural Revolution Committee investigated professors and teachers and dismissed those who were believers in Marxism, liberalism, and other "imperialistic" ideologies. The universities reopened with Islamic curricula. In 1997, all higher-level institutions had 40,477 teachers and enrolled 579,070 students. Admission to public universities, some are tuition-free, is based solely on performance on the nationwide Konkour