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FEF Urges FG to Sustain Mother Tongue Education Policy

This Day 24 Dec 2025

“Likewise, the fact that WAEC and JAMB are conducted in English does not undermine the value of early mother-tongue instruction ... “Strengthening mother-tongue education is both an educational necessity and a cultural responsibility.

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Unesco pat for Odisha’s mother tongue-based education

The Times of India 22 Dec 2025

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English-written novel released in author's mother tongue

Vietnam News 16 Dec 2025

From global bestseller to local impact, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai brings Dust Child home, turning literary success into libraries for children in remote Việt Nam.   ... Quế Mai spent seven years researching and writing Dust Child ... .

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THE BAN ON MOTHER TONGUE INSTRUCTION

This Day 11 Dec 2025

The choice to ban Mother Tongue policy, also known as the Language in the Immediate Community reinforces a colonial mindset that has shaped our educational system for decades ... Mother Tongue instruction ...

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In Support of Scrapping Mother Tongue Teaching Policy

This Day 06 Dec 2025

One of such challenges hurting the education sector is the mother tongue instruction policy, which, for me, the current debate over its ban misses a crucial truth ... This only means abolishing the use of mother tongue in teaching pupils.

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'Lea Tupu'anga': Tongan short film Mother Tongue eyes Oscars nomination

Scoop 05 Dec 2025

'Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue' premiered last year and has been shown at 20 international film festivals around the world ....

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Learning in mother tongue crucial; NEP supports it: Kerala Governor

The Times of India 02 Dec 2025

Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Tuesday underscored the importance of mother tongue in education, saying the Centre's National Education Policy gives due weight to learning native ...

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‘Some Bharatiyas Don’t Know Our Own Indian Languages’: RSS Chief Urges Wider Use Of Mother Tongue

News18 30 Nov 2025

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was addressing a gathering at the release of the English version of 'Shri Dnyaneshwari' in Maharashtra's Nagpur ....

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Education Academy Faults Reversal of Mother Tongue Policy, Seeks Immediate Restoration

This Day 30 Nov 2025

It warned that discontinuing mother tongue instruction without rigorous evaluation amounted to “permanent recolonisation and the burial of Nigeria’s future and pride.”  The Academy faulted ...

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Nigeria’s declining learning outcomes linked to teaching method, not mother tongue

Business Day Online 28 Nov 2025

When seven-year-old Uwakwe Iroha sits in his crowded classroom at Amaba Central School, he can confidently recite the alphabet in. read more Nigeria’s declining learning outcomes linked to teaching method, not mother tongue ....

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Minister Siviwe Gwarube welcomes the writing of Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) assessments for Grade 4 learners (Government of the Republic of South Africa)

Public Technologies 25 Nov 2025

"Mother-tongue instruction is one of the most powerful tools available to improve learning outcomes ... 948 schools across all nine provinces are implementing Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education.

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Nigeria cancels mother-tongue teaching in primary schools and reverts to English

Business Ghana 15 Nov 2025

The now-defunct programme was launched by former Education Minister Adamu Adamu, who had argued that children learnt more effectively in their mother tongue ... which had adopted mother-tongue teaching.

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More signing up to teach mother tongue languages; still a challenge to recruit local Tamil teachers

Straits Times 14 Nov 2025

Between 2022 and 2024, the number of mother tongue teacher applicants increased from 87 to 140 ....

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Union minister Pradhan highlights role of mother tongue in education, communication

The Times of India 13 Nov 2025

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Nigeria: Govt Scraps Mother Tongue As Language of Instruction

All Africa 13 Nov 2025

The Federal Government has cancelled the national policy mandating the use of indigenous languages as the medium of instruction in schools, declaring English as the only language of instruction ....

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FEF Urges FG to Sustain Mother Tongue Education Policy

Unesco pat for Odisha’s mother tongue-based education

English-written novel released in author's mother tongue

THE BAN ON MOTHER TONGUE INSTRUCTION

In Support of Scrapping Mother Tongue Teaching Policy

'Lea Tupu'anga': Tongan short film Mother Tongue eyes Oscars nomination

Learning in mother tongue crucial; NEP supports it: Kerala Governor

‘Some Bharatiyas Don’t Know Our Own Indian Languages’: RSS Chief Urges Wider Use Of Mother Tongue

Education Academy Faults Reversal of Mother Tongue Policy, Seeks Immediate Restoration

Nigeria’s declining learning outcomes linked to teaching method, not mother tongue

Minister Siviwe Gwarube welcomes the writing of Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) assessments for Grade 4 learners (Government of the Republic of South Africa)

Nigeria cancels mother-tongue teaching in primary schools and reverts to English

More signing up to teach mother tongue languages; still a challenge to recruit local Tamil teachers

Union minister Pradhan highlights role of mother tongue in education, communication

Nigeria: Govt Scraps Mother Tongue As Language of Instruction

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