AlexCk:


China - regional language (Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghu, etc), official language (standard Chinese)

Nigeria - regional language (Yoruba, igbo hausa, etc), official language (English)


China is bigger in land mass and population than Nigeria

okusebi:
sometimes the way people think is surprising.. can anyone tell me the native language of nigeria?. nigeria have over 250 languages and the only way we all can communicate is english.. so why teach an isoko man in igbo when he doesnt know the language.. obviously, everything about this government is dull. sick and tired of this country.

Kingsley1000:
little did u know that most contemporary machines and equipments wasn't invented by English people.....did u know that Britain colonised china(particularly hongkong,harbin and macau)but they still retain their indigenous language

AlexCk:
Hmmm,

Doesn't seem bad tho,
In most if not all Asian countries, they don't teach in English, and they are considered very smart. Even in some parts of Europe,

Pretty sure, when Pythagoras and co. were gisting maths, it wasn't in English , or daVinci, volta, Archimedes and co.

But English important shaaa, universal language, let no1 deceive ya.

PS: learning a foreign lingua good too o, all na determination shaa

joeGH:
Am a Ghanaian but sometyms I find de decisions of African leaders very ridiculous... teaching maths n science in our local languages... OK fine, how ll one call chemical elements lyk molybdenum, titanium or even ordinary aluminium in say yuroba or igbo not to talk about de confusion dat ll arise in trying to get a name for a term lyk thermodynamics or electrostatics... mtcheeeew..may be he should rather consider dz local language usage at de infantile n montessori levels n English later as one progresses on de academic ladder... De confusion de African child is already living with is enough, don't add anymore to his woes.

nedu2000:
Too late,if i learn something in ibibio only without doing so in english how do i export my 'technology',better to learn in english it is more widely accepted.Language is about communication

Teempakguy:
Even in england, they don't teach math and science in English.

90% of math and science is Greek and Latin.

bantudra:


its not about another national language..

you learn easier with the language that you were taught at home...

in the east learn in igbo...
in the west learn in yoruba..
in the north learn in hausa..

much easier for the children....

and if anybody realy needs english,they can learn english additionaly after learning in their native languages..

Gmajor:


the official language is still mandarin.
i don't think the use the other languages you mentioned in the class room

Rilwan20:


Thats another move to put our education system on the downside. The only region where there can significant improvement is the North(Hausa's) they are so accustomed to speaking their language.
The other regions value Turenchi more than their indigenous languages.
It will only be effective for learning if parents change their respective attitudes. Some children doesn't even know the meaning 'WA KIN PA E'.

fmlala:





Its you tha




Its you that don't know what you are saying cos English language is the native language of the Americans because their forefathers migrated from Britain.

timota:
what of red indians, Americans speak english because england colonize them as they colonized us

musicwriter:


Native Americans are also battling to have their languages back in schools.

Kingsley1000:
English language is reason why we are still underdeveloped ....great nations of the world still uphold their language eg japan china Germany France

agog:
How many children can speak the indigenous languages very well?

bantudra:


why are you so stubborn to understand??..

nobody is talking about replacing english as the national
language..its easier to teach in the regional languages..

every local goverment area have their own local language...its easier for the children to learn at school with the language they were taught at home by the mothers and fathers...

okusebi:

ypu should think before writing.. most people do live in their home town, they live and school where their parent live maybe due to job and other factors thus cannot understand the language.. so how do you expect them to learn

bantudra:


so you dont care if your native languages die out??..

why are you people defending english so much??..

okusebi:
mr man, every country has its own local language, but there is a language that is generally accepted for communication. ours is english, chinese is manderine,