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<h1>Lecturer Asked Voltarians To Promote Literacy In Ewe Language</h1>
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<p><strong>Mr Pascal Kpodo, a Lecturer at the Department of Ewe
Education at the University of Education, Winneba has called on Ewes to
promote the language in the country.</strong></p><p>He said this was
because higher education in Ewe, which had deep roots in three African
countries, guaranteed job opportunities, particularly in the fields of
linguistics.</p><p>Mr Kpodo who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency
(GNA) in an interview said most Voltarians could not read and write in
the native language, a development which he alleged, was affecting the
standard of education in the Volta Region.</p><p>He said though the
country was implementing a language policy, more had to be done in
equipping teachers with local language competency for desired results.</p><p>Mr
Kpodo said barring students for expressing themselves in local dialects
was not in the right direction because 'it is not right for us to
downgrade the language of our identity. Allowing it to die is to allow
our heritage and culture to die'.</p><p>He therefore called for rigorous
promotion of the language through the media and other avenues to
prevent it from dying out, and said the College was offering Bachelor
Degrees and other certificates in the Ewe Language education.</p><p>Mr
Kpodo said final year thesis and other academic works at the Department
were being produced in Ewe; whiles there was an on-going project to
translate text books into Ewe language.</p></div></div></div></div>
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