Namibia: Foreign language instruction handicaps the San

[Francis Hult]

New Era

 

Foreign language instruction handicaps the San

 

The Southern Africa San Education Forum (SASEF) says members of indigenous San minorities are handicapped in their quest for socio-economic development due to the fact that their children are educated through the medium of languages of dominant groups. 

According to SASEF-Namibia Information and Publicity Officer, /Awebahe //Hoëseb, foreign languages are imposed on San children as medium of instruction and as language subjects in the formal curricula of education systems of the countries where they are domiciled.

 

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http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=9304

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