₦airaland Forum

casdoruche:
Talking sheet

Do you set exams in indigenous languages

What are you saying

If you don't know something, please ask questions from people who do or use google.

This is not applicable within classroom or lecture room contexts in the Northern region.

Ba turanchi!!!

Have we been learning with other languages here It has been English language compulsorily

Sheik Gumi wants everything taught in Arabic 🤷🏿. I've seen a Hausa mathematics textbook in 1999/2000. My grandma gifted me, who knows about that project?

Madmohamed1:
Joke of the day, where tinubu day see of this old people just to make them Minister.

Indigenous language is best to teach at the school spaciary technology ask Chinese and Russian all the powerful countries in the world use their language to teach their students but here in Nigeria you want to use foreign language.

When we call you a zoo you complain.

you don't call your country zoo while still leaving in same zoo

VladimirTheGrea:
English is a language of confusion and it hampers tech development because most nations in the world take instructions in indigenous language.

English is a universal language. Most universal language. How many people speak your language ? Why is sn armoured tank called in your language ? What is a valve called in your language ?

It is good,but Not the BEST.

SUGGESTIONS:
Let ALL Our Regions-Speak Our Dialect in their Primary School Level,
But in Our Secondary Schools - Let the English BE THE UNIVERSAL ♾️,
for we can now used it on our Mathematics, Economics, Science Courses, Geography,etc,
At least,we have Sound FOUNDATIONS.
• TODAY, CHINESE SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE ( MANDARIN,
SAME WITH FRENCH etc,.
PLEASE,Don't KILL INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES FOR US!
Na Beg We Take God Beg Govt-and their Officials

Slaavvees are currently leading Nigeria in all spheres.

What an unfortunate situation

That is not a good move in my opinion.

Indigenous languages should continuously be included in the curriculum as secondary languages.

Languages are supposed to be learned as per ethnicity of each area. We are not British, we are firstly Nigerian / African.

WriterX:
It is not flawed.

I understand the point about countries like China, India, and those in Europe using their native languages for instruction, but that comparison doesn’t fit Nigeria’s situation. Those countries each have a single dominant national language—like Mandarin, Japanese, or French—while Nigeria has over 500 distinct languages and no universally accepted one that can serve as a neutral medium of instruction. Choosing just one would immediately create inequality and deepen ethnic divides.

Beyond that, languages like Chinese or Hindi have long-established written standards, rich vocabularies, and well-developed scientific and technical terms built through centuries of national investment. Most Nigerian languages simply don’t have that level of linguistic infrastructure yet, so translating complex subjects like physics, medicine, or computer science into them would be nearly impossible at this stage.

Even in India, where local languages are widely used, English remains a co-official language and is still the main medium in higher education, science, technology, and international business. In fact, much of India’s global success in areas like IT and medicine is because of its strong foundation in English.

English gives Nigerian students access to global research, education, and employment opportunities. Abandoning it now would only isolate our graduates from the international stage. The smarter and more realistic path is a bilingual approach—teaching early education in local languages for better comprehension, while maintaining English as the language of science, technology, and global communication.

In truth, countries like China and India don’t succeed because they reject English; they succeed because they’ve built strong national languages and still value English as a bridge to the rest of the world. Until Nigeria develops that kind of linguistic foundation, English remains our most practical and unifying medium of instruction.

Chief, In india they teach in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, etc at the primary and tertiary levels of education.

I responded to the part the man claimed teaching students in English language is the only way to make our students compete favorably with their peers globally. That claim is falsity.

omoredia:
Good move. Tinubu got it very right this time. One language will help for better understanding

The first 3 years in school (Class 1-3) should involve local languages so the kids can understand better.

Oh Africa

Systematic genocide and foreign invasion tactics

FreeStuffsNG:
He never called for suspension but that English language be given more priority.

Headline misleading ?

BlueRayDick:
His arguments are flawed.

What about Indians, Chinese and even European countries who use their own indigenous language as language of instruction, and their students/graduates still compete favorably well when placed side by side with those taught in English in the global market?

Nigeria is not a homogeneous society, oga. If you use Hausa to instruct a person in the North, how will he be able to cope when he decides to move to the South? That's what he is trying to point out. Nigeria's universal language remains English.

Why do many Nigerians prefer to migrate to English-speaking countries than others? Some things are not hard to understand. Language uniformity is the most effective tool for societal integration and progress.

Simply break up the country if you want school learning in your local dialect.

BlueRayDick:
His arguments are flawed.

What about Indians, Chinese and even European countries who use their own indigenous language as language of instruction, and their students/graduates still compete favorably well when placed side by side with those taught in English in the global market?

Not only that, over the years English language has always been used, at least in the South

Who teaches Mathematics or Physis with local language?

BlueRayDick:
His arguments are flawed.

What about Indians, Chinese and even European countries who use their own indigenous language as language of instruction, and their students/graduates still compete favorably well when placed side by side with those taught in English in the global market?

Very true with the Indians, Chinese and Russians but the issue is this : they learn in their Language and get tested in Exams in that Language.

But here, students get taught in Hausa/Igbo/Ijebu etc but get tested/certified in English.

Too.many of them will flunk the Exams.

I think this is why the Government want them to be taught in the same Language the Certification will come.

Madmohamed1:
Joke of the day, where tinubu days see of this old people just to make them Minister.

Indigenous language is best to teach at the school spaciary technology ask Chinese and Russian all the powerful countries in the world use their language to teach their students but here in Nigeria you want to use foreign language.

When we call you a zoo you complain.

China and Russia are national languages. There are more the 50 indigenous languages in China

This is a welcome development if you ask you.

BlueRayDick:
Chief, In india they teach in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, etc at the primary and tertiary levels of education.

I responded to the part the man claimed teaching students in Indigenous languages is the only way to make our students compete favorably with their peers globally. That claim is falsity.

I dont understand your arguement, typo error? Please check and rewrite lets talk

oluwaseyi0:
Better
Indigenous language can be learnt at home and in general conversations

Local languages will still be taught at schools and for an example, everyone who intend to study in any state owned higher educational institution in lagos, the law says you must have a credit in yoruba language no thanks to the no man's land crew. All indigenous languages will still be offered by waec. What the Government has done is very ok. Just few months ago, Australia Home Office amended the English Language test requirements and offered exemptions for those who can prove that they graduated from a secondary school or institutions of higher learning where English was the medium of instruction for 4-5 years. Please don't let us blindly criticize the Government on every issue.

It's been about time.

Pidgin should be used as a secondary language

mikeapollo:
The first 3 years in school (Class 1-3) should involve local languages so the kids can understand better.

Why learn what u already know at home?

That directive is largely for one part of the country and not for all.

Cmanforall:
Not only that, over the years English language has always been used, at least in the South

Who teaches Mathematics or Physis with local language?

I attended a public school from JSS1 to SSS3 and I can tell you boldly that teachers do teach with Yoruba sometimes to drive their point home.

Some students assimilate when some concepts are broken down to them in their mother tongue.

Nobody is saying English should be scrapped as official language, rather I am saying the minister goofed claiming it is frequent use of indigenous languages that makes our students unable to compete with their peers globally.

I nukwa. O di kwa egwu. How can this be? Are we English?

As usual they will alwyas out foreigner's over their own ... this is one of our problem

Who is this bloody minister of education? Is he from a tiny ethnic group in Nigeria?

WriterX:
I dont understand your arguement, typo error? Please check and rewrite lets talk

You claimed in those countries I mentioned they don't teach in local languages; I then proceed to point it out to you that In India, schools teach in different indigenous languages at the primary and secondary level.

I've corrected the typo now.

Those same students who learnt under that system would floor some of our own products in Engineering and IT field

Well, the aim is to keep us believing Nigeria is one and a country which is fallacy, education is well taught in local indigenous languages all over the world, Nigeria just want to keep her citizen to keep getting dumb using a borrowed language as medium of expression. From every country I have been to, the indigenous language has been the language of expression in their schools and the students are doing wonderfully well.
Another reason is they really want us to forget our identity and keep worshipping strange gods, Obasanjo started it when he removed history from the curriculum, mandate English language , made our languages inferior to the borrowed language. FG as a case study, when the head is rotten, the body is useless.

mastermaestro:
Nigeria is not a homogeneous society, oga. If you use Hausa to instruct a person in the North, how will he be able to cope when he decides to move to the South? That's what he is trying to point out. Nigeria's universal language remains English.

Why do many Nigerians prefer to migrate to English-speaking countries than others? Some things are not hard to understand. Language uniformity is the most effective tool for societal integration and progress.

Simply break up the country if you want school learning in your local dialect.

Why must any school teach students and pupils in one language?

While you were in school, did you not take lessons in other languages?

Nigeria is still the property of the British, so what do you expect our politicians (selected property managers) to do if not dance to the music their masters play.