Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities |
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| Authors: | Barbara Trudell |
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| Institution: | SIL International, Africa Area, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | The use of local languages in formal education is a widely debated educational strategy in sub-Saharan Africa. National-level policies abound which permit mother-tongue instruction in primary grades, and yet successful implementation of those policies is not merely so common. The reasons for this are varied, but one powerful reason has to do with the perspectives and desires of stakeholders in the education process who reside in the local community: teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities, and the children themselves. Responding to their particular historical, social and economic context, these stakeholders have developed their own perspectives on the nature and outcomes of formal education as well as beliefs about the utility and proper place of the local language. |
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| Keywords: | African languages Medium of instruction Language attitudes Cameroon Mali Kenya |
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