Yorùbá in south-west Nigerian primary schools in the context of the National Policy on Education

• Published in: Studies in African Languages and Cultures no. 57; pp. 35 - 55
• Main Authors: Ògúnníran, Victoria O, Lawal, Raheem A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; German
• Published: University of Warsaw Press 15.12.2023; Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Subjects: medium of instruction; mother tongue education; Social history; Sociology; south-west Nigerian primary schools; Yorùbá language; mother tongue education; Yorùbá language; southwest Nigerian primary schools; medium of instruction

Studies on primary schools and language policy implementation showed that only a few schools in Nigeria adhered to the stipulated language policy. Therefore, the study examines the extent to which Yorùbá (the mother tongue) vis-a-vis English and Pidgin was used as a medium of instruction at lower pr...