Learning outcomes: Does mother tongue hold the solution?

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According to the World Bank, Nigeria is experiencing a learning poverty in which 70 per cent of 10-year-olds cannot understand a simple sentence or perform basic numeracy tasks. Thus, this percentage of children in the country is not achieving basic…

perform basic numeracy tasks. Thus, this percentage of children in the country is not achieving basic foundational skills.

 

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Let me tell you truth is not issue of mother tongue it’s the issue of bad funding for the education sector. At young age like that a child can learn 6 languages at once the case is poverty, bad governance and lack of good funding. 7.8% is budgeted for education out of 25% needed

Their assessment is based on the English language, right? Let them re-test with the local language please. If the results hold, we can panic.

U say no demotion and now yelling 'learning poverty'.

It will def solve at least 50% of that problem

Yes using both may be will curtail the problem

Not only simple sentence many can not even write their names

Na wow o

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