The bill also seeks to impose a penalty of between N5, 000 and N100, 000 on JSS III students who fail the subject in the qualifying examination for admission into the senior school classes.

Assuming the attire hurdle is surmountable, is there the basic infrastructure to enable compliance? If not, what plans are in place to achieve this infrastructure in the foreseeable future?

OluToye:

So you opted to learn english and not french and not portugese. You had a choice right? Lol, sure

grafikdon:

I was reading and writing Igbo at the age of 8. I remember my mother made us write letters to our father in Igbo and he'd reply in the same language. That was why I never lost sleep over Igbo in high school. I always walked into the exam hall and collected my "A", no stress, no preparation, no TDB studies 

Uche2nna:

Exactly!!!!

I took three years of French and came out with just " Oui"

bawomolo:

learning a language should be optional and not mandatory.

savanaha:

Even people living in America are paying to learn Igbo so why should Igbo children in Nigeria not learn their own language. Places like the Ohio State University offers Igbo classes. Spanish children in America speak both English and Spanish, so why are children in their own country placing English at a higher rank than their own language?

biina:

I think that schools at primary and secondary level should teach at least 2 Nigerian languages, with one being indigenous to the state.

Also there should be relevant curriculum to teach the history, cultures and tradition of the various parts of the countries i.e a  renovated version of the social studies of old. A lot of Nigerians know little to nothing about people from other parts of the country, and this makes it more difficult to cooperate towards a common goal. If you do not know where one is coming from, it is difficult to appreciate where he is headed.

The misunderstanding is evident even on NL, where most discussions easily degenerate to tribal tantrums.

when others are planning on permanently staying on the moon? waste of scarce resources i say.

NINETOFIVE:

I will give you 15 naira if the current system in place takes you to the orbit.

It amazes me the extent the blind dislike for group of people drives certain individual to the apogee of defamatory idiosyncrasy.

I don't think non-Igbos should be exempted. In my secondary school, a language course was compulsory but the student had the choice to choose whatever he/she wanted to do. Sometimes it depends on the availability of a particular language teacher. Some schools do not have the benefit of different language teachers, so the student just has to go with who is available.

KnowAll:

North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.
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If u have nothing to say go back better to ur yoruba are the best black ethnic group.

KnowAll:

North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

KnowAll:

North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

KnowAll:

"The problem with delirious irredeemable inconsequential simpletons and excessively myopic ethnic antagonists is that they always have their sense of reasoning on ''sleep mode'', worse still; they cling tenaciously to their laughable infantile drivel and carry themselves with an air of importance that is merely conjured by their diseased imagination."

You should have written that in igbo and let us see who would response to u, at least we are communicating and that is the first sign of progress.

KnowAll:

North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of ililliteratenEnglishpeakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

KnowAll:

North, most backward –Aliero


Looks like Anambra are in a competition with the north to see who can bee more backwards us or them. By adopting Igbo as the language of commerce u are only going to breed a generation of illetrate english speakers. When the whole world is learning how to speak english even spanish and french are dicting their own languages to learn english, Anambra is turning the clock back learning a language that is only spoken in small enclave in Nigeria. It would have done Anambra more good if they made Mandarin the language of choice in anambra state going by the volume of business transcation between Anambra state and china.

Tell that to the  middle and High schoolers across the USA and you'll get a permanent supply of boys and girls flipping burgers since it's required for college.

bawomolo:

language requirements depend on college major.

i didn't take a language class in college nor in high school.

Well i did take french in nigeria. bonjour osisi .

savanaha:

I don't know what state you went to high school but in Ohio you have to take atleast 2 years of language in high school