The two tests that should be compared in this context are IELTS and TEF and not Delf/Dalf. Mind u, TEF costs a whopping 190k and it's also valid for two years.

Let me get my green pen. I need to sign the petition in bold, CAPITAL letters.

IELTS should be compared with TEF. The cost is about 100k in Naira and it's valid for 5 years.

juniorstar:

This test na 75k some years ago..so now na 89k..the last time i checked na 83k i see.

na the exchange rate cause am. Once exchange rate go down the price go decline too.

frankmoney:
Nigeria should just change our official language to Igbo , Yoruba and Hausa . English should be a second language , since them no recognise us as English speakers we should embrace our local language

English has always being a second language. There is a difference between native speakers and nations having English as their second language. But some schools in the US still identify with applicants who has been thought with English since elementary school.

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

You must be wrong. People who train MD are MD remember. I was at department of medicine today no light. all the consultant have japa.

SouthSultan:
Have you ever wondered why the highly sought English Proficiency Test (IELTS) so expensive as against other foreign language tests? Why e dey rise everyday like garri wen dem pour water?

I know that the demand is high, as its a major requisite by educational institutions abroad, either for work or study. But as compared to the French Proficiency test taken by francophone countries for the same purposes, it is way too expensive.

How can one undergo all his studies in English Language ( from primary to tertiary) and would still have to write a test that its result expires every two years? Do we tend to forget the skills of English learnt after the two years(even if there is basis for the test) or what?

Those at the helm of affairs in the educational sector should please take this on and treat as urgent, even the poor wan comot for this country too. We dey beg!

the equivalent is french TEF. In 2019 it was 160k . Your post is baseless

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

I totally disagree with you. Speaking of free Education, parents still provide the needed gadgets for their children such as textbooks, uniforms, extra teaching lesson etc. The quality of Education in Nigeria is poor, this majorly factors on infrastructure, payroll for teachers and practical tools for students.

Speaking of IELTS, Yes it is daylight robbery the government of Nigeria and their English counterparts are using to steal from people's sweat. I am sure those who are against this move are working with the examination bodies such as British council, etc. If you are not, why oppose it? If you are given scholarship or the chance is wide open for you to japa, don't tell me you won't rock the boat.

SouthSultan:
Have you ever wondered why the highly sought English Proficiency Test (IELTS) so expensive as against other foreign language tests? Why e dey rise everyday like garri wen dem pour water?

I know that the demand is high, as its a major requisite by educational institutions abroad, either for work or study. But as compared to the French Proficiency test taken by francophone countries for the same purposes, it is way too expensive.

How can one undergo all his studies in English Language ( from primary to tertiary) and would still have to write a test that its result expires every two years? Do we tend to forget the skills of English learnt after the two years(even if there is basis for the test) or what?

Those at the helm of affairs in the educational sector should please take this on and treat as urgent, even the poor wan comot for this country too. We dey beg!

Abeg o! I no go write say UK na criminal until I go UK collect my citizenship come back.

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Lol
Chairman,
You even got the time to explain basic English to these kids in here.
We have realized that replying them is just a waste of time and space,
Hence we ignoring such entities.
Thanks for teaching him the basics.
That is social media for you,
A place where some uncultured kids abuse those the age of their parents.
The best thing is just to ignore and move on.
We found out that ignoring them kills them more .

How many mentions are we even gonna reply,
A quater of the mentions you see below (screenshot attached) are from this trolls and nonentities,
While the remaining 75% are from our clients, friends and well wishers on Nairaland.

Thanks for the heads-up sir.
And thanks for taking your time out to school the kiddo.
Do have a wonderful year ahead!
One Love.

Read your comment above again.

Even you. You don't know where a fullstop or coma is needed as punctuations in your comment, and where capital letter is needed as new sentence; but you were disparaging some people for not writing properly in English language. You must first remove the log in your eyes, so that you can see the speck in the eye of the other person.

MyAmericandream:
English has always being a second language. There is a difference between native speakers and nations having English as their second language. But some schools in the US still identify with applicants who has been thought with English since elementary school.

I know but the official language of Nigeria is English language . And I'm saying that should change . To our local dialects

DeleDaniel:
The two tests that should be compared in this context are IELTS and TEF and not Delf/Dalf. Mind u, TEF costs a whopping 190k and it's also valid for two years.

it makes sense of TEF cost that much because Nigeria isn't a French speaking country , we barely learn it school . But English has always been our language

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

The waste bin is where your comment is fit to be

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities (compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

Most Nigerian youths fail to realise the boldened.

More over the 2 years expiry is a global practice. As to the price, the value of the Naira has a direct impact.

frankmoney:
Nigeria should just change our official language to Igbo , Yoruba and Hausa . English should be a second language , since them no recognise us as English speakers we should embrace our local language

Na only 3 tribes dey Nigeria?
Abeg pack

u wasted all our time but said nothing!how much does it cost!

can sai baba read what he wrote

I got to know that an average Nigerian speaks better English than the Brits.

Ezyp:

Na only 3 tribes dey Nigeria?
Abeg pack

those are the three major languages . So you too park

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

Since you're the only smartest person on Nairaland,

How about the people that study medicine and after graduations and getting the so-called federal or state government hospital job no salary for months sometimes years. And you expect me not to Japa? Please

Stop asking Nigerians to write IELTS. Do you agree?
https://chng.it/ZgstPNcN

If we work hard at it, it will succeed though it won't come easy.

Though English is a second language here it's our official language everywhere except places controlled by herdsmen terrorists and boko haram jihadists.

You see, Oyinbo's argument has been Jamaicans and other English speaking Carribeans don't have any other language than English. It is their fist language as obtains in the US, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, etc. But they also have something like their own pidgin which is somehow not as clear as ours. (I might be proved wrong here). For instance, look at these forms of greeting:
Wetin dey happen? - What is happening? - Nigeria
Wat a gwaan? - What is going on? - Jamaica
They don't speak better English than we do.

There has been an argument in the UK among some employers of labour that IELTS writing is difficult to pass even for UK native speakers of the language. So, something has to be done. Make I get the petition, I wan sign am.

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

Your analysis is so wrong. Do you know the impact of foreign remittance in our economy? This currently stands at $34 billion annually. No be people when japa dey send the money enter our economy? Making sure their loved ones go to school, their elderly get medical attention, family houses are built and meeting other needs?

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BUT on the other hand, (cont from above)
Looking at things from the other perspective (Typical Of Dem MANNA, that do not go jorojarajoro on an issue, May Baba 70 soul continue to Rest in PerfectPeace. )

The English spoken and written by Nigerians,
in recent times, is terrible and getting WORSE.
We look at the writing and comments from Heads of Schools, even private schools in Nigeria and we are shocked and dismayed.
You see things like "why did you CRIED",
when did you BOUGHT it", the past and present tenses never agree.
The same time spent watching BBNaija should be spent learning the Use of English!
CcLib

What stop us from using our own language?

With all due respect @Op, you’re an illiterate.. you should always do your research before posting what you don’t know!

IELTS isn’t equivalent to DELF..
IELTS is equivalent to TEF and TEF examination is 200k valid for thesame 2years as IELTS..

DELF is valid for life but it’s only recognized in France and other francophone countries.
You also do not write DELF at ones.. you have DELF A1.. A2.. B1.. B2.. etc..
DELF is a diploma certification.

Always do a little bit of research before posting so you don’t mislead people!

As for the mode that moved this to front page, I have no words for you!

I come in peace!