Ayekotoo: on August 09, 2013 at 12:55 am in News

Ekiti State Governor,Dr. Kayode Fayemi has renewed his call for the introduction of Yoruba language as a means of education and communication in schools across the South- Western part of Nigeria.
The Governor made the call in Akure, Ondo State capital, yesterday, at the first international conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of foremost indigenous novelist, Daniel Fagunwa.
Supporting his stance, Fayemi said various experiments have shown that students who study in their mother tongue are better equipped. than those taught in a second language.
He added that this was why the promotion of Yoruba language and culture is one of the cardinal elements of the regional integration agenda of the South West states.
“We must admit that everyday Fagunwa’s looming image continues to challenge us as a people. His works continue to remind us that our language is complete and that the Yoruba language must not be left to rot away,” he said. In his remarks, chairman of the occasion and Orangun of Oke Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin, said Fagunwa’s books show his brilliance and talents, adding that they are quite useful in legal proceedings on criminal cases.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/fayemi-advocates-yoruba-language-usage-in-schools/

Supporting his stance, Fayemi
said various experiments have
shown that students who study
in their mother tongue are better
equipped. than those taught in a
second language.

Ayekotoo: Regional integration is the Answer.

bloggernaija: Supported,especially in view of the recent brouhaha.
All kids must be taught yoruba history ,literature and language in school.

Ayekotoo: 2013-08-08 23:37:56
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, the
Minister of Culture, Edem Duke, Ondo State
Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and his Ekiti
State counterpart, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on
Thursday, tasked Nigerians with the promotion
and preservation of indigenous languages in
the country.
They said since languages were part of the
culture of the people, efforts should be made
to ensure that they do not go into extinction.
They spoke at an international conference to
mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the
Yoruba literary icon, the late Chief Daniel
Olorunfemi Fagunwa.
Mimiko said there was the need to encourage
the use of mother tongue and the
development of the culture of the people.
He said the state government had
recommended the use of Fagunwa's works in
secondary schools across the state, saying the
books were capable of preserving Yoruba
language and culture.
He noted that many Nigerian authors had
contributed to the socio-economic
development of the country and should
therefore be celebrated.
Fayemi also noted that the contributions and
impact of Fagunwa's poetry prowess could not
be over emphasised.
He said efforts should be made to ensure that
indigenous languages were not allowed to die
in the country.
According to him, there is the need for
government to preserve the culture of the
people, adding that language was part of the
culture of the people.
The minister, however, said the Federal
Government had commenced the process of
teaching of indigenous languages across the
country.
He said the ministry was ready to ensure the
preservation of the culture of the various
ethnic groups in the country.


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abu12: Good idea they should use yoruba to teach most especially science subject in school #just like china things#. But what about non-yoruba speaking people in SW

Afam4eva:
The English schools will remain. They can just add Yoruba schools and also schools of other ethnicity in different parts of the country.

yunglykmine: Imagine teaching 'English language' as a subject in Yoruba.. Funny, I will say. Indigenous languages should be completely ruled-out in schools. There are better ways to encourage the use of indigenous languages in Nigeria, not in schools plsss your excellency.. My take.

Onyegecha:


Never heard anything so stupid. People who reason this way should please keep their pallid opinions away when issues of great importance are discussed. why can't English language be taught in Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa? Is any language superior to the other? Time to rid ourselves of these colonial ideas.