Local Languages as a Human Right in Education Comparative Cases from Africa /

• Main Author: Babaci-Wilhite, Zehlia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.
• Series: Comparative and International Education, A Diversity of Voices,
• Subjects: Education.; Education, general.

There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In Africa this is not the case. Instruction is given in a foreign language, a language neither pupils nor the teachers understand well. This is the greatest educational problem there is in...