Concern over the quality of teaching in schools has existed for ‘as long as the schools themselves’ (Cruickshank, 1992). Today, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders are expending significant energy critiquing non-native English-speaking teachers’ quality and arguing for the improvement...
Download PDF ↓The aim of the study was to establish the perceptions of various stakeholders on the effectiveness of the implementation of the new language policy of using zonal languages as the Language of Instructions in Grades 1-4 by grade teachers in Emmasdale zone in Lusaka district. One of the universal...
Download PDF ↓The aim of this study was to establish teachers’ perceptions on the effect of using chinyanja as a medium of instruction on reading levels of grade four (4) learners in a multilingual Lusaka District. The research design was a case study. Qualitative methodology was used to collect and analyze...
Rwanda has had French as the National language and Medium of Instruction before and after gaining her independence from Belgium. The country migrated from French as a Medium of Instruction to English in 2009 and has continued to use English as the official language and the Medium of Instruction...
In 2014, the Ministry of Education introduced a revised education curriculum, which saw the use of local languages as mediums of instruction as well as languages for teaching initial literacy from Pre-School to Grade 4. The Permanent Secretary said that the purposes of the review included among...