Mother-tongue education is best
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, HOME LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 3507
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7095
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7095
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, HOME LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 3507
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/7095
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/7095
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Abstract
Successful education for most African children remains elusive, in part because of the trend to move away from teaching in the mother tongue. In this article the author explains why.-
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