Multilingual education in Ethiopian primary schools
SOURCE: Multilingual education and sustainable diversity work: from periphery to center
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Benson, K.Heugh, B.Bogale, M.A.G.Yohannes
SOURCE EDITOR(S): T.Skutnabb-Kangas, K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, MOTHER-TONGUE EDUCATION, MULTILINGUALISM
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7316
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3365
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3365
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Benson, K.Heugh, B.Bogale, M.A.G.Yohannes
SOURCE EDITOR(S): T.Skutnabb-Kangas, K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, MOTHER-TONGUE EDUCATION, MULTILINGUALISM
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 7316
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3365
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3365
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Abstract
This chapter demonstrates that where the political will is present, a national system even in a low-income country can initiate and implement mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) policy within a relatively short time frame.-
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