FYI. The figure of 50 years is mentioned - one might also note that for the same period African countries have been talking about incorporating education in African languages, but many of them and donors have not done much to really put effort and resources into bilingual education until recently. (Fwd from MultiEd-L)... DZO
Bilingual Education in the Spotlight The Namibian (Windhoek) NEWS August 3, 2005 Posted to the web August 3, 2005 By Carmen Honey Windhoek EDUCATION specialists from 17 African countries and a variety of backgrounds will join educationalists from France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States for a conference on bilingual education and the use of African languages in education this week. The three-day conference takes place at the Windhoek Country Club Resort from today. "Research has shown for the past 50 years that the use of African languages in education is a vital issue for the development of relevant and effective African education systems," one of the organisers, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) said in a press statement ADEA, the German co-operation agency GTZ, and the Unesco Institute for Education (UIE) are organising the event with the Ministry of Education and the French agency, AIF. ADEA said studies had shown that in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Zambia, pupils in bilingual schools perform better than those in monolingual schools in subjects like mathematics, the sciences and languages, including French and English. Conference participants will examine the findings of a study on mother tongue and bilingual education in sub-Saharan Africa commissioned by ADEA with GTZ and the UIE. This study analyses the situation in 13 African countries - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hp4arqn/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705019987:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123119125/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
