[lg policy] English should be taught from crèche – College of Education principal 4 days ago Dr. Emmanuel Nyaamekye, the Principal of Akrokerri College of Education Dr. Emmanuel Nyaamekye, the Principal of Akrokerri College of Education, has called for a change of the language policy in basic schools. He is asking that the English language is taught in the early stages of the child’s education. “When we start teaching the children English language right from the crèche it would help them greatly as they progress to the upper classes.” He was speaking at a ceremony held to formally admit 460 fresh students into the College at Akrokerri, in the Adansi North District. Dr. Nyaamekye complained about inadequate residential accommodation for students and appealed to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to speed up work on a hostel project in the school. This would enable the teacher training institution to enrol more students. He reminded the fresh students to be disciplined,

[Harold Schiffman]

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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