For two years, the implementation of the National Language Policy, which allows the use of mother tongue to teach children up to primary six, has dragged on, disrupting learning and putting pupils at the receiving end, IYABO LAWAL reports.
In November 2022, the then Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved a National Language Policy for primary schools nationwide.
Adamu had revealed that the mother tongue would be used exclusively for the first six years of education, while it would be combined with English Language from Junior Secondary School.
While many applauded the move, saying it would save the already dying mother tongue across all generations, there were, however, questions about the policy’s feasibility and implementation. and a growing concern about children, who are in school but not learning, especially those in rural communities.
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