Once upon a time in the heart of Nigeria, a young child named Amina sat in a classroom, bewildered and disconnected. The words on the blackboard danced before her, and the lessons seemed like an incomprehensible puzzle. Her teacher spoke in a language foreign to her, leaving Amina feeling lost and disengaged. This scene is […]
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Fafunwa strongly asserted that the colonial pattern of education has robbed the African child of inventiveness, originality and creativity, since they are being forced to think in English instead of in Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo or any other Nigerian language. The eminent scholar further emphasized not only the teaching of the mother tongue in schools, but
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the adoption of the use of the mother tongue as a compulsory medium of instruction in primary schools in the country. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the week’s Council meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at
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The Abia State chapter of the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) has solicited the support of the Federal Government in producing graduate teachers that can teach science subjects in local languages. This call is to further reinforce its appeal for the introduction of mother tongue in tertiary institutions which benefit from the Tertiary Education
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With one in four young people in developing countries illiterate, how can we address an international ‘learning crisis’? A group of experts have provided some ideas worth taking into consideration for those of us in the education sector. There is a global shortage of teachers: Moving beyond access to improve the quality of education available
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