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I'm tired of black people.....no hope in this life time! I just don't see it! What a waste!

What I expected from a forward thinking government is to make the 3 major languages compulsory for all students/pupils and to also set exams in these languages.

The Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and even Indonesians learn in their local languages, yet this hasn't stopped them from advancing internationally.

We love to bite on superficial things alot.

For you all who is always every ready to criticize any policy if thus government, regardless of how lofty it is. Do note that the advanced countries of Russia, Japan, China, Korea etc you mentioned do have all the science , etc textbooks written in their indigenous languages.
Has anyone ever come across any textbooks written in any Nigerian indigenous languages?

We have over 400 languages in Nigeria alone. How will we create new curriculum or translate existing ones to mother tongues? How long will it take you to translate textbooks, train teachers in the use of the mother tongues to teach physics, chemistry, biology, economics etc. What about internal and external examination? For a country that has one of the worst education system in the world, teaching in native languagee will take not less than 30 years to get us halfway to where we currently are. It is not feasible and it does not make any sense. Think about it.

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?

doffman dofman

Won't you protest for this development?

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.

This ibo people the way the old and young of you think ehn,need a case of study

The Russian and the Chinese you are talking about have just 1 particular language they communicate with it,unlike nigerian we have more 250 language or you think is only yoruba,hausa,ibo we have in nigeria

"Go to Norway they teach Nowish, Go Denmark it is Danish, Go Finland they teach in finish, go to China they teach in Chinese, go to Japan they teach in Japanese, Go to Korea they teach in korish, Go to Poland they teach in Polish. Then come to Africa we are boasting who is more eloquent in English, we see English as measure of Intelligence and call our mother's tongue vernacular (primitive language) Professor Lumumba

Me: A person without a history is a slave to their own ignorance, adrift in their community. Just as a tree without roots is destined to die, we too wither without connection to our past.

Consider the trees: those with shallow roots falter in a drought, while those with deep roots, like the mighty Iroko tree of Africa, stand strong for a lifetime.

We must not neglect our history; we must embrace it. Our roots are our foundation, just as education is. And within that education, we must foster collaboration over competition, and open sharing over hiding knowledge.
"Nosakhare"

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

Even a zoo is better. Zoos have law and other that animals obey.
By the way, what type of minister is that who would abolish use of any of the three major languages in Nigeria for instructions at school?

The best way to teach in primary level is MOTHER TONGUE.... In fact you can only speak English fluently only when you under your native language. This govt don't have a single KNOWLEDGE

Omooba77:
Nigerian Government Suspends Indigenous Language In Schools, Upholds English As Primary Medium



https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/12/nigerian-government-suspends-indigenous-language-schools-upholds-english-primary-medium

BlueRayDick:
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

You’re right that many Indian students start learning in their local languages at the primary level, but that’s only half the story. India’s educational system is bilingual by design, not purely indigenous but the moment students move beyond the basic level, English Language becomes the dominant medium in science, technology, engineering, medicine, and higher education.

Now let me give you some facts at least those don't lie according to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India, foundational and basic education can be delivered in the mother tongue only up to Grade 5, I think Grade 8 too, after which English becomes compulsory for secondary and tertiary instruction.

India’s IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology), AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), and NITs (National Institutes of Technology) — the very institutions producing those world-class engineers and IT professionals — all teach entirely in English, not Hindi, Tamil, or Bengali.

Meanwhile, Nigeria doesn’t yet have standardized academic materials, dictionaries, or scientific terminology in any indigenous language to match that system. If we were to teach subjects like Computer Programming or Quantum Physics in Hausa or Yoruba tomorrow, we’d spend more time inventing vocabulary than teaching the subject. India has spent over 70 years developing linguistic and translation infrastructure; Nigeria hasn’t even started that process at scale.

In case you are wondering why I am interested in this.
Firstly I am an English Language Teacher.

And secondly my principal is an Indian man and we work with a curriculum that integrates both India and Cambridge's model at my school

So I am trying to help reeducate you on this subject, hopefully I get it right.

So to add, I work with a department on these curriculums for full integration term by term for various subjects.

Omooba77:
Nigerian Government Suspends Indigenous Language In Schools, Upholds English As Primary Medium



https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/12/nigerian-government-suspends-indigenous-language-schools-upholds-english-primary-medium

...and that's how we keep loosing our identity gradually.

Julius1995:
We have over 400 languages in Nigeria alone. How will we create new curriculum or translate existing ones to mother tongues? How long will it take you to translate textbooks, train teachers in the use of the mother tongues to teach physics, chemistry, biology, economics etc. What about internal and external examination? For a country that has one of the worst education system in the world, teaching in native languagee will take not less than 30 years to get us halfway to where we currently are. It is not feasible and it does not make any sense. Think about it.

India has over 1000 languages and dialects and they have 22 official languages .

It's only mental laziness that has made us stick with English as the only official language 65 years after independence. We can decide to have 3 to 6 official languages like some other African countries do if our policy makers want to.

What you don't know is that if they want to really carry out this minister's directive, people may stop going to school in some parts of this country. You need to travel around Nigeria to understand that this directive makes no sense and won't really achieve its intended purpose.

AntiisIam:
doffman dofman

Won't you protest for this development?

How does that concern you nah😀😀😀

U sure you are not on that powder ahaaa.

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?

English is a global language in the academic world. What you are saying is a thought from an ignorant angle.I used to think this way, but when I met many international students, even those who couldn't communicate in English struggled because publishing papers in English reaches a wider audience. I recently attended a conference in Beijing, and everything was done in English. You know why? The USA, with its technology and British Empire, was the largest on earth

WriterX:
You’re right that many Indian students start learning in their local languages at the primary level, but that’s only half the story. India’s educational system is bilingual by design, not purely indigenous but the moment students move beyond the basic level, English Language becomes the dominant medium in science, technology, engineering, medicine, and higher education.

Now let me give you some facts at least those don't lie according to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India, foundational and basic education can be delivered in the mother tongue only up to Grade 5, I think Grade 8 too, after which English becomes compulsory for secondary and tertiary instruction.

India’s IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology), AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), and NITs (National Institutes of Technology) — the very institutions producing those world-class engineers and IT professionals — all teach entirely in English, not Hindi, Tamil, or Bengali.

Meanwhile, Nigeria doesn’t yet have standardized academic materials, dictionaries, or scientific terminology in any indigenous language to match that system. If we were to teach subjects like Computer Programming or Quantum Physics in Hausa or Yoruba tomorrow, we’d spend more time inventing vocabulary than teaching the subject. India has spent over 70 years developing linguistic and translation infrastructure; Nigeria hasn’t even started that process at scale.

Everything you've written in the bolded part of your post is you making my point for me.

The minister claimed teaching our kids in indigenous language at the primary and secondary level is why our graduates can't compete with their peers. That is 100% false because you just confirmed in your post that Indians are taught in their languages + English Language up to a point before English is finally the language of instruction.

As of today, we teach majorly in English and partly in indigenous language. The minister saying they should discontinue use of indigenous language completely and use English 100%.

I am saying the minister's arguments backing that directive is flawed because evidence abounds of where the system he's cancelling has actually worked and produce results.

I hope you get my point now.

They should also suspend religion subjects

emapeteum:
English is a global language in the academic world. What you are saying is a thought from an ignorant angle.I used to think this way, but when I met many international students, even those who couldn't communicate in English struggled because publishing papers in English reaches a wider audience. I recently attended a conference in Beijing, and everything was done in English. You know why? The USA, with its technology and British Empire, was the largest on earth

I've further explained my position in subsequent posts, look it up and see the point I made.

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?

How many of those countries used English as official language?

They must attack every policies of govt, even when they themselves know is true.

The man is one of best brain in Tinubu cabinet

I still don’t understand why you should be forcing people’s children to learn either Hausa Igbo or Yoruba when they are not from that tribe, if you want your children to learn your local language, teach them at home. Why you go dey force a proud bini or esan son to be learning Hausa or Igbo😤😤😤😤😤😤

Is not obvious that he is doing this just to please his British masters? Destroying the good precept on ground.

BlueRayDick:
Everything you've written in the bolded part of your post is you making my point for me.

The minister claimed teaching our kids in indigenous level at the primary and secondary level is why our graduates can't compete with their peers. That is 100% false because you just confirmed in your post that Indians are taught in their language and English to a point before English is finally the language of instruction.

As of today, we teach majorly in English and partly in indigenous language. The minister saying they should discontinue use of indigenous language completely and use English 100%.

I am saying the minister's arguments backing that directive is flawed because evidence abounds of where the system he's cancelling has actually worked and produce results.

I hope you get my point now.

Oh yes I think I understand that part of your argument as well. I support you on that. You are quite correct.

But again think of this. Nigerian doesn't have one language, or two or three single standard like these countries do. Its alot.

The problem then lies in the diversity of these languages and poor structural and translational resources or tools to help balance the languages as a form or means of communication .

Still, i respect your view on this matter.

Policy summersaults.

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

Answer the question man

Fiscus105:
How many of those countries used English as official language?

They must attack every policies of govt, even when they themselves know is true.

The man is one of best brain in Tinubu cabinet

Must everything be politics to individuals like you?

I disagreed with a policy and I made an argument against the policy which has absolutely nothing to do with politics.

Instead of bringing a counter argument like the reasonable people who disagreed with my position did, you are here talking about Tinubu's cabinet. I guess because you support the government, other citizens cannot disagree with government's policies right ?

BlueRayDick:
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.

Yeah, his statement was wrong. I didn’t dispute your point though.
Using local language to assist students’ understanding should still be allowed

Why not Chinese since it's the future. Yeye!!

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

The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the ban on Wednesday during the Language in Education International Conference 2025, organised by the British Council in Abuja

This is why in civilized societies like China, Japan, Russia, etc, organizations like the British council is made to know their space and never cross it.

But then, if a white institution is in the African continent to promote their language, it should immediately arouse the curiosity of the black people. Where I don't see it, it means there's something wrong with us.

I therefore, withdraw my support for the Tinubu administration. This is the worst policy a black president can implement.

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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?

NIGERIANS ARE THE BIGGEST SELLOUTS AND SELF-HATERS ON EARTH.

So no surprises whatsoever.

VOMIT-INDUCING.

The rest of Africa is DECOLONISING their mindset, while these ones are opening n.ysh for more colonial screwing.

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

it's a disgrace of a decision.

A defeatist cultural letdown.

If the Chinese and Indians can learn in their language and outperform BRITAIN, what is OUR problem?

We're just a disgrace.

Is this not height of colonial mentality!
What is wrong with the black man?
Mental slavery!
Nkurumah, Fela, Bob Marley, etc are weeping right now!!!

BlueRayDick:
Must everything be politics to individuals like you?

I disagreed with a policy and I made an argument against the policy which has absolutely nothing to do with politics.

Instead of bringing a counter argument like the reasonable people who disagreed with my position did, you are here talking about Tinubu's cabinet. I guess because you support the government, other citizens cannot disagree with government's policies right ?

How many of such nations use English?

Does China use English to set exam
Spain? Russia? Belgium? Germany?

The minister is indirectly talking about Hausa and North,who aren't doing well in exams, because they don't used to speak English to them from infancy.

Before they come out from such policy, they have done, EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND COMPARISIM. In the south, all of pupils in private schools started learning English from toddler, you yourself know that and that's why, thr is wide gap between south and north in area of education.


YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EDUCATION, NEITHER ARE YOU EDUCATORS OR RESEARCHER IN EDUCATION.

Again learn how not to attack everything that comes out from govt or even online, just to win unnecessary argument.