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ERIC ED360859: Implementing the National Language Policy in Nigerian Schools: Problems and Prospects.

A discussion of Nigeria's national language policy looks at the official structure for language instruction, its rationale, and perceived problems and possibilities. The policy requires that the mother tongue or language of the immediate community be the medium of instruction at pre-primary and early primary levels, with English emerging as medium of instruction halfway through primary education. At the secondary level, English remains the medium of instruction, but each child must also learn one of three major Nigerian languages (Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba). In universities, English is the language …