Clever move. The Chinese are now a force to reckon with on the global scale of things. Imagine if we couldn't speak English, that would have brought it's own limitations. Language is power. Inasmuch as our ethnic dialects are less developed, its not a minus to learn new ones. That's why polygots are in hot demand.

Morbeta11:


https://punchng.com/bayelsa-to-include-chinese-language-in-school-curriculum/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1706250417

Meanwhile the Chinese can’t even learn our English language or tradition languages make una Dey mumu for this country I don tire for una matter

CockPit:


Honestly, we need to develop our indegenous languages like the Asians.
Imagine the level of understanding if you yave to learn chemistry or maths in Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa.
Even as small as South Korea, they created and developed their own languages not abandon them for a foreign language.

We should have a seperate ministry for indigenous language developement headed by a fully qualified linguistic professor.

Then we incorporate our indigenous language into education and make it mandatory.

There should be like maths textbook in Yoruba dialect for example and the use made compusory from pry 1.
Imagine having to learn maths in your own dialect like the Asians.

Our children can't even speak or write our languages anymore.
This is not acceptable.

I don't know who you are but this is the BEST comment I have read on Nairaland ever. I had this same discussion with my mother and we came to the conclusion we must incorporate our native languages into our educational institutions if we want to compete favorably with other nations. The top nations in the world do not use other people's language to instruct their citizens. Isn't it curious that we are using a foreign language to communicate amongst ourselves? Where is our identity? Our native religions? Where are our philosophers, authors, scientists etc? I have so much to say about this topic. How many Einsteins would we have produced if our children are learning in their native language? Even Einstein wrote all this papers in German, not English. But I doubt it will happen. We see our native languages as vernacular and not sophisticated enough.

chopnaira:
Lol. Foresight.

Coz must of the projects in the state And the country as a whole are created from Chinese borrowed funds and elements.

Prepare for ya new colonial masters. .

What is the relevance of Chinese language globally? Africa, the dumping ground of the world.What is the relevance of Chinese language globally? Africa, the dumping ground of the world....

MeineMutter:
Is that the next thing for a state to do?

Ilé ún jó, wèèrè ún la gutter.

Is it Chinese language that Bayelsa people don’t speak or write that makes them to be on the state where they are?

A state surrounded by water that doesn’t have drinkable water. No road. No hospital. Education has dilapidated but they are thinking of bringing and feeding, guarding and paying Chinese men.

With the level of allocation that Bayelsa receives every month, the state can, conveniently, be paying, at least, N25,000 every month to its indigenes and still be able to do a lot of projects.

I don’t see why governors of a state like Bayelsa with huge allocation cannot construct some hundred watts of electricity for his people and give them concrete or solid interlocking or asphalted roads, modern clinics (2 per local government), new classrooms building, etc.

How much were Awolowo and Bola-Ige spending on these things when they were using cocoa money then?

Bayelsa people beyyer talk now because mouth close and no dey talk, na im dey smell o.
Chinese language is not what they need now.
They need better standard of living.

To even think that the whole of Bayelsa State is comprised of just 8 Local government areas .
Did a project that made me tour some riverine communities years back ,,, come see where people were using same river water they bathe in and shit in, to cook and drink . To make it worse , oil debris floats on top ,,, Chai.

You will wonder if they have a Governor

Though it is sad this is another phase of colonialism but it's better than English and its evil Christian culture that held Nigeria down for decades since adoption. Chinese culture is better. If at least we must be colonised, Chinese is better among two evils.

Morbeta11:


https://punchng.com/bayelsa-to-include-chinese-language-in-school-curriculum/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1706250417

Ok, they are being proactive because they are convinced they have been sold to China hence learning the language, fine but have they finished learning indigenous languages?

member13:


I don't know who you are but this is the BEST comment I have read on Nairaland ever. I had this same discussion with my mother and we came to the conclusion we must incorporate our native languages into our educational institutions if we want to compete favorably with other nations. The top nations in the world do not use other people's language to instruct their citizens. Isn't it curious that we are using a foreign language to communicate amongst ourselves? Where is our identity? Our native religions? Where are our philosophers, authors, scientists etc? I have so much to say about this topic. How many Einsteins would we have produced if our children are learning in their native language? Even Einstein wrote all this papers in German, not English. But I doubt it will happen. We see our native languages as vernacular and not sophisticated enough.

That is one of the reason the Asian countries are performing better in maths than the western world.

Their language is visual and easier to count/represent numbers and do mental maths.

There are some linguistic ambiguouties when you count/depict numbers in English Language for example, there is no linguistic relationship between the number 9 and 10 on the numbering system.
None between number 19 and 20 and so on.
The way the numbers are represented in the Korean or Japanese local dialect makes it easier to understand and visualize the flow of numbers making it easier to comprehend and manipulate tgerefore are naturally good at maths.

There was a big research conducted in this regard and you can find more details in the book "outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell.

We are more than 200million people and its a shame we do not have a fully developed language system.

Swiss is about two million people and they have developed an advanced language system.

CockPit:


Honestly, we need to develop our indegenous languages like the Asians.
Imagine the level of understanding if you yave to learn chemistry or maths in Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa.
Even as small as South Korea, they created and developed their own languages not abandon them for a foreign language.

We should have a seperate ministry for indigenous language developement headed by a fully qualified linguistic professor.

Then we incorporate our indigenous language into education and make it mandatory.

There should be like maths textbook in Yoruba dialect for example and the use made compusory from pry 1.
Imagine having to learn maths in your own dialect like the Asians.

Our children can't even speak or write our languages anymore.
This is not acceptable.

We need to develop our culture and society first. We are in an era of globalization, and any culture that doesn't developed will die a natural death. Our preference for foreign languages over our native ones is subtle sign of how we see ourselves. The coming generation will rather learn English or Chinese over their mother tongue if they see that associating with speakers of these languages will open opportunities for them. Their native dialect will serve no use for them since it's natural environment can't guarantee them a future. Why do you think some Nigerians, just to school abroad, spend large amount of money of TOEFL when we can speak English fluently? That's the power of an higher society's language.

Africans can Neva learn, why China no learn our language, we are busy throwing our mother language away..see were English keep us now..another slavery LOADING..........

My visionary Governor

GreatOchuks:


To even think that the whole of Bayelsa State is comprised of just 8 Local government areas .
Did a project that made me tour some riverine communities years back ,,, come see where people were using same river water they bathe in and shit in, to cook and drink . To make it worse , oil debris floats on top ,,, Chai.

You will wonder if they have a Governor

And they don’t care. They have been brainwashed to think that their problems are from federal government.
Dem civil servants and politicians don see dem finish.

DenreleDave:


They don't see Igbo as enemy, it is the reverse

Then the saying Igbos eat human beings came from where?
You just day cap nonsense way you no even sabi.
Rest abeg. Igbos hate you? As in you be dollar way day fuck__ their business up, abi custom officers way day inflate bill of laden way Igbos go hate.

They should also include ibo, Yoruba and Hausa in their curriculum.


With this in place it will help eliminate the barrier of ethnicity that has eaten this nation.

Pornography is short-term pleasure which can never provide long term happiness, but ultimately leaves its users increasingly dissatisfied. - Anon