As part of efforts to encourage the teaching and learning of languages in schools, especially Yoruba Language which is the dominant mother tongue of the state, the Lagos State Government has collaborated with the United States Agency for International Development, (USAID) towards providing educational learning materials to schools.
Speaking today during the Hand Over Ceremony of Yoruba Early Grade Reading Materials, “Je Ka Kawe” at the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Mary Land, the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo stressed the need to motivate the younger ones to learn the mother tongue, adding that it will increase their literacy levels and expand the availability of quality local language teaching and learning materials for pupils within the State.
Adefisayo spoke extensively on the need for parents to encourage their wards in interacting and learning the Yoruba Language as this will give them an in-depth knowledge of their ethnic background.
The Commissioner assured that, to stem the tide of the dearth of the Yoruba Language and having semi lingual children, more teachers will be recruited while the teaching of languages will be intensified in the curriculum.
Adefisayo commended the laudable initiative and collaboration with the USAID, adding that the gesture is a collective effort that would yield futuristic benefits.
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Earlier in the programme, the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Wahab Alawiye-King, stated that the infusion of local languages into the educational system will not only increase the chances of survival, but will aid and help pupils succeed educationally.
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He said that the formative stage of the child is important and this will help mould and shape their mind emphasizing that it is essential to inculcate the cultural and linguistic diversity in their learning.
Presenting the Yoruba Early Grade Reading Materials to the State Government, Chief of Northern Education Initiative plus (NEI) Mr. Nurudeen Lawal expressed that the motive was borne out of the need to achieve positive learning outcomes as the beginning of Education is reading, hence critical for national development.
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