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South Africa’s classrooms should have a ‘box’ of languages to help children learn: new bilingual education policy is a start

By Russel H. Kaschula and Mbali Sunrise Dhlamini Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back...

Africa: Should schools in Africa teach more local languages?

Mohammed Khelef Imagine starting school and not being able to understand your teacher. That's a reality for many African first-graders who speak their mother-tongues at...

A strategy for mother-tongue based education is needed

H. Ekkehard Wolff Africa is the home of 2144 languages. Oddly, most development theoreticians consider this a barrier to economic and social growth. Sociolinguists and educationists...

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