[size=14pt]Edo language now compulsory in Edo schools[/size]


To ensure that Edo does not become extinct, the language is to be made a compulsory subject at the primary and junior secondary levels in the state, Permanent Secretary of the ministry of education, H. Iyawe said yesterday.


Speaking at the matriculation ceremony of 300 Edo language trainee teachers at the College of Education, Ekiadolor, Benin, Mrs Iyawe, who represented the state commissioner for education, Ngozi Osarenren, said Edo Language has also been approved as a school certificate subject at the senior secondary school level.
She commended the Benin Cultural Heritage Centre (BCHC), which provided the scholarship for the students, for collaborating with the College of Education to run the special Edo language programme designed to raise the necessary manpower for teaching the subject.


She assured that at the end of the training, the students would be employed by government and deployed to schools.
Provost of the College of Education, Amenaghawon Uhuangho, said the curriculum of the Edo language programme, designed in collaboration with the University of Benin, was very comprehensive and of a high standard. He commended the Benin Cultural Heritage Centre for providing the resources for the take-off of the programme.
Promoting culture
President of the BCHC, Roland Ehigiamusoe, said the special programme to raise Edo language teachers was the only way to reverse the current situation where Edo appears to be drifting into extinction. Mr Ehigiamusoe said never again would Edo people condone what he called the shameful situation of language and cultural colonization.


“Proprietors of all primary and secondary schools in the state must accept their mandatory obligation to employ Edo language teachers to teach the language and even dialects in their diverse localities,” he said. “Otherwise, they would be destructively misinforming and colonizing our children and this would be unacceptable.”

Is there any language like Edo?. In a state where there are over 3 languages, which on e will they choose as official?

This is a welcomed development. At the same time, Igbo should be compulsory in Igbanke areas while Etsako should be compulsory in Auchi areas. Ishan in Afuze areas.

Aloy+Emeka:

Is there any language like Edo?. In a state where there are over 3 languages, which on e will they choose as official?

i was about to ask the same thing.

Is this news? They've always taught Bini in Schools in Benin City [From primary to JSS level].

good news
at least our children do not loose there culture

Where are the people talking about there's no such thing as the Edo language?

Good thing the governor that made this change (Oshiomhole) was not a Bini. Otherwise all hell would've broken loose with claims of marginalization, etc,

it wasnt compulsory before?

i find that hard to believe.

Edo Language is Bini. Bini and Edo are the same.

@Tpiah

The edo language course was only compulsory for
primary class one to three. It was not offerred in four thru
six, when i attended.

So what about Igbo language? The last time I checked Edo state is not Bini state.

udezue:

So what about Igbo language? The last time I checked Edo state is not Bini state.

They have a right to promote Edo language without another. In anambra the same thing happened with the compulsory of Igbo language in its school; however, there are indigenous igala in anambra so what about them and there language? I guess you typed this because of Igbankes, remember they say they are bini so that is there own business.When bendel state was being split they wanted to go with their "bini brothers" and not with the Igbos now they are crying they want anioma state and marginalization. Now igbanke and ika are "the same" but it wasnt the case until they felt the fiery of their stupid utterance and decision.


LONG LIVE THE EDO CULTURE!

chyz:

They have a right to promote Edo language without another. In anambra the same thing happened with the compulsory of Igbo language in its school; however, there are indigenous igala in anambra so what about them and there language? I guess you typed this because of Igbankes, remember they say they are bini so that is there own business.When bendel state was being split they wanted to go with their "bini brothers" and not with the Igbos now they are crying they want anioma state and marginalization. Now igbanke and ika are "the same" but it wasnt the case until they felt the fiery of their silly utterance and decision.


LONG LIVE THE EDO CULTURE!

Igbanke people do not say they are Binis. They do not speak Bini. It will be wrong to impose Bini on them. Merging Igbankes into the proposed Anioma state is a welcomed idea.

Andre Uweh:

Igbanke people do not say they are Binis. They do not speak Bini. It will be wrong to impose Bini on them. Merging Igbankes into the proposed Anioma state is a welcomed idea.

according to what a lot of them say, they are binis who's language changed through trade with the igbos who came from across the river. This should be good news for then,now they can go back to speaking their "original" language let go of the culture that those "big bad Igbo traders from across the river" gave to them. So that being said Bini isn't being imposed on them. I'm sorry but you reap what you sew. As far as imposition we igbos have made igbo compulsory in anambra state but there are indigenous igala people,we can call that imposition.

Chyz, that is a freaking lie. I know an Igbanke in Houston and he proud to be Igbo so don't blanket all of them just coz of a few knuckle-heads. Igbanke was carved into due to the silly handiwork of Ogbemudia who is half Bini and half Igbanke-Igbo. He did because of selfish and personal reason which was to get his mon's people the Igbanke under the same fold in one state because he was both. Sounds silly but that's what happens when Nigerians leaders who reason from the anus are given power to influence ppl.

@Chyz: The Igbo in Edo has 8 large communities compared to less than 3,000 Igala fishermen on the bank of the Great River.
I have not met any Igbanke-Igbo claiming to be Bini.

Andre Uweh:

@Chyz: The Igbo in Edo has 8 large communities compared to less than 4,000 Igala fishermen on the bank of the Great River.
I have not met any Igbanke-Igbo claiming to be Bini.

udezue:

Chyz, that is a freaking lie. I know an Igbanke in Houston and he proud to be Igbo so don't blanket all of them just coz of a few knuckle-heads. Igbanke was carved into due to the silly handiwork of Ogbemudia who is half Bini and half Igbanke-Igbo. He did because of selfish and personal reason which was to get his mon's people the Igbanke under the same fold in one state because he was both. Sounds silly but that's what happens when Nigerians leaders who reason from the anus are given power to influence ppl.

^^^
Of course all them don't deny being Igbo but many,many do. After being insulted, bruised, and battered by these people you still claim them. And instead of going foot to foot with them you instead insult the Igbo. Honestly, I just hate the way they are treated in that state and it makes me even angrier that they can continue to go to them. Read this by one of them:

Godday OMU EBON NKENYI SIKE AKA NMA NNU LE OGIRI AKA NMA OFE. ‘OFU OBI MU IKEN EYIN’’
As erroneously believe by some of our people, we are not forcing ourselves on ANIOMA people.

It’s not a case of forcing ourselves on Anioma but it the case of finding your/our root, been in the right place.Atleast, when we the ANOMA sits down to dialogue, we understand each other b/cus we speak the same language. Go to ABUDU our supposed ‘’LGA ‘’, Benin language is the official language. Once you enter they expect you to say ''Koor'' and when you are making any request in English language, you need help and where will this help comes from? Answer is not far fetch, OUR BROTHER AND SISTER FROM IGBANKE who are all GARDENER, CLEANER AND MESSANGER.
There is this Chinese adage which says, ‘’NO MATTER HOW LONG a LOG OF WOOD STAYS IN THE RIVER (WATER) IT CAN NEVER TURN TO A CROCODILE’’. No matter how long we dialogue or stay in this valley of decision, we can never be recognize as EDO men/women. Bros/Sis. Our destiny is in our hands, we are not going to resolve to violence like the ibo people as you said, but trust the power of communication. Pen is mightier than gun.
One of our own moved a motion for Nigerian Independence we are celebrating today. Who knows, if not for the people who sees reasons why we must govern ourselves as independent nations, you and I, would still be licking the boot of the people that kick us.
You can’t be seeking peace and shot the door again the prince of peace. The mistake our people made and are still making is that, wa gi iken nwun egi limeni osisi. You don’t force snail to be gummed to a tree. The elites and the elders in question may not have time to look back to history and what you and I are passing through though, I don’t know what you mean by the elites. It was in the presence of this supposed elite we were taking away captive and you expect them to do something which they refused to do when Bendel state was to be divided into EDO and DELTA and IGBANKE was kidnapped and handed over to the Benin.
What of quota system has it favour our people? When six position is available to Edo state in term of appointment into key position in Nigeria, how many a time has IGBANKE regarded as part of the people the offer is been extended to?
Bros/Sis, the issue here does not call for a debate. The truth must be told as it is, we have over stayed our welcome in Edo state. That was far back when Bendel state was divided into two and somebody somewhere sold us to slavery into EDO. Bros/Sis, the situation is like taking fish out of water. Since then, Igbanke lost their identity and thank GOD we have found IT. In the interim, let the government adjust the Bandry and let IGBANKE rejoin their brothers in AGBOR AND MBIRI.This divide and rule game as far as IGBANKE SONS AND DAUGHTERS are concerned, is over.
I encourage you to join us in this struggle and we will be better for it when the victory is won

udezue:

So what about Igbo language? The last time I checked Edo state is not Bini state.

Edo   state community declares state of emergency on education

James Azania


The decline in education in the country has attracted the attention of the Association of Esan Professionals who has mapped out strategies to arrest the situation in that part of Edo State.
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As part of strategies to arrest what its chairman, Michael Osime described as a sorry state, AEP organised an education summit in Uromi, on Saturday, with the theme, Education Crisis in Esanland, Time to Act.

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, in his address at the occasion said that Nigeria's leaders are to blame for the crisis.

The governor said, "Education in Nigeria is in crisis and instead of the leaders to fault the 6-3-3-4 education system, they should accept blame for the crisis rocking the education sector and apologise to Nigerians, since they have failed the electorate.

"There is no need faulting a system as, over the years, there has been a paradigm shift in the implementation of policies favourable to educational development in Nigeria."
http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://odili.net/news/source/2010/oct/17/834.html

With regard to Ogbemudia forcing the Igbankes to be part of Edo state, that doesn't even sound plausible. He wasn't even governor when Bendel was split and although he has clout he doesn't have THAT much clout. A whole group of people could not sit and take it. There would have been protests, petitions, etc. It's more likely that, as in a few other parts of Nigeria, a group of people who were mostly Igbo in culture and language saw themselves as some other culture, except that in this case it happened to have some influence from Edos, so the elites among them saw themselves as Edoid. If they see themselves as Igbos now, that might not always have been the case among the elites among them.

People who think any non-Edoid languages would be taught in Edo state don't understand the politics of that state or of anything in Nigeria or they're pretending to be ignorant. There are also Ijaws in Edo state, just like there are in Ondo State and also Akwa Ibom. There are also Yorubas in Edo state. There are also Igbos in Akwa Ibom. There are also Edoid peoples in some parts of Ondo and Delta state. And, as somebody else pointed out there are Igalas in Anambra. There are also Igbos (Ekpeyes) in Bayelsa. Does anybody actually think any of these groups would get the governments of their states to sponsor the teaching of their languages in public schools? If the parents of the children insist on their children being taught these languages in public schools they are welcome to move to the state in Nigeria where their language or an extremely close language can be the primary language taught. As citizens of the Nigerian state they have every right to take up residence wherever their language will be paramount amongst all others. Otherwise they can teach the children the languages themselves. Stop pretending to be ignorant. By making this change this Etsako governor is not marginalizing anybody in anyway.

Igbos, Ijaws, Yorubas, etc. have about as much chance of getting the Edo state government to sponsor teaching their languages in public schools in Edo state as Edos have of getting an "Edoid" word on the Naira-and for exactly the same reasons. If Edo, Ijaw, Tiv, Ogoni, and other minority languages are not fit to be on the naira because they have not managed to produce enough people, while Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa are, then ethnically distinct minorities in all states are not fit to have their languages acknowledged by the majority ethnicity state government by being taught in public schools for exactly the same reason. I remember at some point seeing the Queen Idia mask on the one naira note. While that may acknowledge Edo history, what about the many other minority groups? Let's not turn logic on its head here when 50 years of "unfair" practices suddenly happen to "unfairly" impact members of our particular ethnicity. If we put Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba on the naira, why bother complaining when Bayelsa doesn't sponsor teaching of Igbo (Ekpeye), Ondo doesn't sponsor teaching of Edo, or Edo doesn't sponsor teaching of Igbanke and Ijaw? This isn't marginalization, it's merely practicality taken to its logical conclusion.

The in thing is: Bini for Binis. Ishan for Ishans, Etsako for Etsakos and Igbo for Igbos.
Anambra state is 98.5 Igbo. The 0.4 Igalas in that state speak Igbo fluently and do not have any problem with Igbo language.
Unlike in Edo state where Igbankes do not speak Bini or in Etsako areas where the natives do not speak Bini.

Who said Etsakos speak Bini? Who said anyone will make Ishan children learn Bini? Stop insinuating something for which there is no evidence on the ground. Bini's could not even force their particular dialect on other groups or did not want to force their particular dialect on other groups within and outside of the present Edo state during the time of the Benin kingdom not to talk of later when there is ethnic and cutural consciousness amongst even the smallest groups in Nigeria.

You do realize the governor that made it compulsory for "Edo language" to be taught in all schools is an Etsako, right?

Uneme, Etsako, Ishan, etc. children will learn their languages if there are qualified individuals available to teach them in the schools.

But the idea of Edo state sponsoring the teaching of an Igboid language has as much chance of happening as Ondo state sponsoring the teaching of an Edoid language or Akwa Ibom sponsoring the teaching of an Ijoid language. There's absolutely no political force that can make it happen unless the concerned individuals of such groups in those states do it for themselves in their particular areas and the reason for this has been spelled out clearly in my previous post.

PhysicsMHD:

Who said Etsakos speak Bini? Who said anyone will make Ishan children learn Bini? Stop insinuating something for which there is no evidence on the ground. Bini's could not even force their particular dialect on other groups or did not want to force their particular dialect on other groups within and outside of the present Edo state during the time of the Benin kingdom not to talk of later when there is ethnic and cutural consciousness amongst even the smallest groups in Nigeria.

You do realize the governor that made it compulsory for "Edo language" to be taught in all schools is an Etsako, right?

Uneme, Etsako, Ishan, etc. children will learn their languages if there are qualified individuals available to teach them in the schools.

But the idea of Edo state sponsoring the teaching of an Igboid language has as much chance of happening as Ondo state sponsoring the teaching of an Edoid language or Akwa Ibom sponsoring the teaching of an Ijoid language. There's absolutely no political force that can make it happen unless the concerned individuals of such groups in those states do it for themselves in their particular areas and the reason for this has been spelled out clearly in my previous post.

Would you support Bini to be thought in Igbanke villages?.

No. I don't see the point. They don't normally speak Bini. If they are interested in the language the way, say you or myself might be interested in French, Portuguese, or Japanese, then let them learn. But otherwise, it would be a misuse of the state's resources. If they want to promote and teach their own language let them, but there's no way a state with a majority of one ethnicity will be promoting, preserving, and teaching the language of a minority, as you yourself acknowledge about Igalas in Anambra. It just doesn't happen in Nigeria and this isn't evidence of some Edo plan of maltreating them or marginalizing them, it's just practicality and common sense.

Can someone translate into english language, Yatia rizkuha rogadan minkuli mokaani

Can someone translate into the english language, Warofanohu mokanan haliyah

Can someone translate into the english language, Robana latuzigi kulubanna badahiz adaitana wahablana min ladun karahmatan

I know this is an old topic, but what is the situation with Edo usage in schools now? I am very worried for Edo.

Andre Uweh: The in thing is: Bini for Binis. Ishan for Ishans, Etsako for Etsakos and Igbo for Igbos.
Anambra state is 98.5 Igbo. The 0.4 Igalas in that state speak Igbo fluently and do not have any problem with Igbo language.
Unlike in Edo state where Igbankes do not speak Bini or in Etsako areas where the natives do not speak Bini.

pls give provide the population of igbankes in Edo state.

igbanke dont speak igbo but they speak ika and ika is not igbo , so igbo liers stop confussing us , ika is a seperate language that has a mix of both bini/ishan and igbo and so it is seperate , ika now has a bible and there are books in ika language and even in edo there is a radio programme for ika people , igbankes people can join anioma with us their relatives and they did not say the want to join igbo,so stop lieing.
2. ika people speak ika and not your igbo language and they are called igbanke and not igbanke -igbo , why all these propaganda? ika people have rejected igbos long time ago and all this lies will not move ika people and this your stupid crying more than the bereaved igbos why dont you change ? why all these lies ?
3. even if anioma is formed ika people will always have a link with edos because of our culture and some part of our language and ancestory.
4. ni ehi gbodon ni enyin ukpokpo ile ri imen nigeria ni ,
ni igbanke wen ozegbe i men uloro le egari we ile , ise,
ihien oyo oselobue ye we , ojuwu ara saka ni a wana him we.
some igbos are masters of misinformation and that is how they said igbanke were formerly igbo-akiri , what a great lie .
5. as for my people we try to avoid igbos ,because of this type of twist in stories

agbotaen: igbanke dont speak igbo but they speak ika and ika is not igbo , so igbo liers stop confussing us , ika is a seperate language that has a mix of both bini/ishan and igbo and so it is seperate , ika now has a bible and there are books in ika language and even in edo there is a radio programme for ika people , igbankes people can join anioma with us their relatives and they did not say the want to join igbo,so stop lieing.
2. ika people speak ika and not your igbo language and they are called igbanke and not igbanke -igbo , why all these propaganda? ika people have rejected igbos long time ago and all this lies will not move ika people and this your stupid crying more than the bereaved igbos why dont you change ? why all these lies ?
3. even if anioma is formed ika people will always have a link with edos because of our culture and some part of our language and ancestory.
4. ni ehi gbodon ni enyin ukpokpo ile ri imen nigeria ni ,
ni igbanke wen ozegbe i men uloro le egari we ile , ise,
ihien oyo oselobue ye we , ojuwu ara saka ni a wana him we.
some igbos are masters of misinformation and that is how they said igbanke were formerly igbo-akiri , what a great lie .
5. as for my people we try to avoid igbos ,because of this type of twist in stories

You are really fooling you self here in an attempt to write in a language that is not Igbo. Now tell me if Ika man that understands the jargon you vomit here all the time. I thank God such a whiner like you is not Igbo.
My point still remains same. Bini for Binis and should not be thought in Igbo areas.