People can lie sha! When you see this kind of post you will think the so called educated south has something better to offer.I served in Abia state and some of my students in SS1 were this bad too

What do you expect from a quotasystem people who bring nothing but entitlement and parasitism to the table

eebraa:
People can lie sha! When you see this kind of post you will think the so called educated south has something better to offer.I served in Abia state and some of my students in SS1 were this bad too

You are correct but the difference is "SOME" and "ALMOST ALL"

ShitHead:
This one is not claiming o. During my service year, I reported to the school principal that the students were not paying attention to my class, they couldn't even understand me. She said that I should use Hausa to teach them. How I wan learn that one? She went ahead to say; "after all, in China, they use Chinese...why can't we be proud of our language" yen yen yen.

It didn't go down well with us and the school. When we were leaving for service, they called us for a sentforth party and served us, each with a sachet of caparison.

Lol .....really funny

Like someone stated, an uneducated mind is easy to control

Rosebloom:






I was just about saying something similar, the practice of teaching in the local lingua is not unusual neither is it unique to the North.


That said, it still doesn't mean a teacher should base solely on the native language for teaching, speak English to them...it's western education. But if you can, mix it up.

My point exactly, that's why I put the caveat "if properly translated'.

originally:
This is a normal thing in every state in Nigeria. Ask those that went to primary & secondary schools in the village

Not every state.... I ve cousins that had their primary n secondary education in my village, wrote waec, jamb, went to university n re now graduates n my village is not even developed or close to any big town

Purewatermeji:
Rubbish. Is English their language? How many British can speak Hausa language? Their religion encourages teachings in Arabic.This is why we condemn the removal of the Islamic inscriptions on the centenary notes. It's a symbol of Arabic pride and a motivation for northern Muslims who doesn't like to speak English

I am thoroughly ashamed of u. English may not be their mother tongue but English in case u are not aware is our Lingua Franca. If they don't want to learn the language they should simply quit school. In one breath u are condemning English and in the same breath u are praising the Arabic language. Pray tell, is the Arabic language their mother tongue? Like someone said, semi literacy is very dangerous and that is what u are exhibiting.

iamawara:
Nonsense. Am a corp member serving in the south south. Same thing is happening here.

And your written English is wrong. I am, not am. WTF?

Who school and English language helped in Nigeria.

dyn1800:
i experience something similar in Anambra state during my service year too, where about 90% of SS3 students demands I teach them mathematics in their local dialect (IGBO) . My take on this is that the whole educational system in Nigeria need an Absolute overhaul. education in the south are just a bit okay compare to the north.

what is wrong teaching maths in Ibo or Yoruba?

yazach:
Welcome Idea

Many developed nations use their mother language

China still use Chinese
Japan use their language
North Korea
USA
UK
Italy
France

You people should think first before embarassing yourselves with patently unintelligent comments.

All the countries you mentioned are not multi-ethnic in nature like Nigeria. They can use their indigenous languages without inconveniencing anyone because everyone speaks the language.

Countries that are large and have many ethnic nationalities(Nigeria, United States, Russia etc) usually adopt a single language for ease of integration.

Nigeria has over 400 ethnic groups. If everyone decides to speak his own language, it will be a recreation of the Tower of Babel.

The only way this native tongue policy can be fully implemented is for everyone to go his own way and establish his own country. But if anyone talks about separation you Almajiris will be the first ones to cry a bucket of tears.

Purewatermeji:
Rubbish. Is English their language? How many British can speak Hausa language? Their religion encourages teachings in Arabic.This is why we condemn the removal of the Islamic inscriptions on the centenary notes. It's a symbol of Arabic pride and a motivation for northern Muslims who doesn't like to speak English

So Why Are You Not Like Them? Your Reasoning Is Just Very Primitive.

iamawara:
Nonsense. Am a corp member serving in the south south. Same thing is happening here.

U lie big time... South south student especially those in public sch can b vry stubborn but they understand ur pidgin nd english vry well. Mention the state, LGA, town nd sch wer u re teaching at d same time someone is interpreting 4 dem...........

Student in south South public sch..Last last if dem no understand ur grammer Na pidgin go end.. talking 4rm experience i served in one of d public sch in warri.

I think people are missing the whole aspect of language in education. The official language of a country determines the language in which it's citizens are taught.
In Kenya, the official languages are Swahili and English.
In China, it is Chinese.
In Japan, Japanese.
In Italy, Italian.
In France, French.
In UK, English.
In North Korea, Korean.
In Nigeria, the official language is English.
In South Africa, they have 11 official languages - Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, SiSwati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
So for most countries, it is not really a preference but a choice that has been made decades ago based on the fact that majority of the original inhabitants belong to one ethnic group (except of course in most of Africa in which countries were created by foreigners).

In Nigeria, none of the major languages listed as Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba can be imposed on the whole country as an official language because of the numerous ethnic groups and languages. The major languages are usually used for teaching at the state or regional levels in primary schools.

martineverest:
u spoke my mind...modern Nigerian youth are really suffering from low self esteem

Kenyans and other east Africa nations prefer Swahili to English.

I served in Ibadan,most of the students were comfortable learning maths in yoruba

odigbosky:
the only thing i saw was a yoruba muslim trying to do her job which her northern paymasters pay her for....

And u an igbo Christian doing what exactly?

iamawara:
Nonsense. Am a corp member serving in the south south. Same thing is happening here.

were in south south tell me

Purewatermeji:
Rubbish. Is English their language? How many British can speak Hausa language? Their religion encourages teachings in Arabic.This is why we condemn the removal of the Islamic inscriptions on the centenary notes. It's a symbol of Arabic pride and a motivation for northern Muslims who doesn't like to speak English

Why did you use English to post?

Purewatermeji:
Rubbish. Is English their language? How many British can speak Hausa language? Their religion encourages teachings in Arabic.This is why we condemn the removal of the Islamic inscriptions on the centenary notes. It's a symbol of Arabic pride and a motivation for northern Muslims who doesn't like to speak English

i dnt knw why you ppl ar n't understanding at all ...we cant do without english landguage in dis contry that is the bitter truth even little pidgin that u speak is english...so what are u saying. "E don do", and "its ok", are they not thesame? Mtcheeww

lonelydora:
Yes nah. And that's why when you see an educated Hausa man, he is very intelligent. The local language makes them understand it.

While serving in Kebbi State in 2006 as a maths teacher in JSS Karaye, Maiyama LGA. I have one Musa who interprets mathematics to the JS 3 students. Musa did his primary school in sokoto and can speak pidgin English.


When i say 2 + 2 = 4, students will ask Musa in Hausa what that means, Musa will ask me in pidgin...i will explain to Musa in pidgin and he will explain to the class in Hausa.


I taught JS3 students addition, subtraction, divison...then we couldn't treat multiplication because they stopped coming to school due to the confusion it caused them. They preferred Makaranta Islamia to the Western education. Principal asked me to stop. Junior WAEC is a story for another day.

My service year was fun shaa!

Immhotep must hear this

How to come out of this slavery is all in this book. https://www.nairaland.com/4414444/intellectual-slavery-worst-legacy-colonialism
As education stands in Africa today, we are literally helping white people to re-colonize us, and if nothing is done, it will lead us back to full scale slavery.

''Africans and their elites and intellectuals have grown so dumb that we now think our native languages is a threat to English or French'', instead of the other way round............ Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

I have nothing more to say.

FrenchWay:
...
I remember one time during my teaching practice in Tambuwal, Sokoto.

I would tell the students after teaching:" Do you understand, do u understand"
They would all chorus "yes"

But when I tell them :"Kun gane?(do u understand in Hausa)....
They all chorused :"ah ah" which means NO.


Since dat day, I jux reapply to a christian private school.

It is true. I served at jigawa. It is damn true

iamawara:
Nonsense. Am a corp member serving in the south south. Same thing is happening here.

It doesn't make sense to teach English with Hausa, they are both languages. There will be conflict at some point. You cant teach a student Spanish while using Arabic, can you imagine the confusion.

Mr corper you can't compare students from public secondary school & that of private school in the same north.

Besides am Hausa & am very sure my classmates speak english more fluently than some corpers who came to my school for sensitisation at that time.

ShitHead:
This one is not claiming o. During my service year, I reported to the school principal that the students were not paying attention to my class, they couldn't even understand me. She said that I should use Hausa to teach them. How I wan learn that one? She went ahead to say; "after all, in China, they use Chinese...why can't we be proud of our language" yen yen yen.

It didn't go down well with us and the school. When we were leaving for service, they called us for a sentforth party and served us, each with a sachet of caparison.

Hahaha, dat caparison part got me laughing real hard

ovadozes:
There is nothing really wrong in using the mother tongue to teach English in as much as it is properly translated. While growing up in the east one of the ways our teachers used to teach us English language was to write Igbo words and then translate them in English and vice versa, it makes it easier for the pupil to understand. So if they can write down words in Hausa and translate properly, I don't see anything wrong with that.

You mean you don't see anything wrong?

musicwriter:
How to come out of this slavery is all in this book. https://www.nairaland.com/4414444/intellectual-slavery-worst-legacy-colonialism
As education stands in Africa today, we are literally helping white people to re-colonize us, and if nothing is done, it will lead us back to full scale slavery.

I have nothing more to say.

We are literally Colonizing Europe, do you watch the news?

Nnemuka:
I schooled in one of the unity schools up north as far back as 2007 and what they all said here are pure lies.
Most of our teachers at a point left to lecture in Federal universities and i can say majority are now professors.
Quit the lies, attack Buhari if you hate him but don't discredit what we had back in those days.

Those who comment could also be right, it depends on the location of your school. Your school is probably in the metropolis while most of the schools people are talking about are in the rural areas.

Kimikazi2:
Why did you use English to post?

I tire oo. Anyway, still wondering what is stopping schools from teaching pigin language.

Admin401:


We are literally Colonizing Europe, do you watch the news?

Because they need cheap work force in Europe. Its still the same colonialism repackaged for modern time.

Purewatermeji:
Rubbish. Is English their language? How many British can speak Hausa language? Their religion encourages teachings in Arabic.This is why we condemn the removal of the Islamic inscriptions on the centenary notes. It's a symbol of Arabic pride and a motivation for northern Muslims who doesn't like to speak English

Ori e buru ni?

Shey you no know say until English is no longer Nigerian official lang, no region should neglect English. Stop using Arabic mentality
like a slave Yoruba Muslim.