Tag: National Language Policy
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Minority languages may go extinct soon – Unijos VC raises alarm
The Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, has said that most minority languages in Nigeria may soon go into extinction due to the lack of autography.
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New Language Policy: Not a Cakewalk – By Tony Iyare
It’s quite refreshing that after many years of dithering over this vital issue which strikes at the heart of survival of many ethnic groups in the country, the Federal Government has now approved a new National Language Policy which makes the mother tongue the language of instruction at the primary level, that is the first…
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New pry schools language policy: A national distraction of sorts – By Dennis Onakinor
With the notable exception of Africa’s second most-populous country, Ethiopia, nearly every one of Africa’s 55 Independent sovereign states is a creation of European colonialism. From British colonialism emerged Nigeria, the continent’s most-populous state – a patchwork of over 360 ethnic groups speaking an estimated 625 different languages with innumerable dialects.