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Ambode Orders Pupils To Sing National Anthem In Yoruba Daily
Lagos
governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday ordered public and private school
principals in the state that students should sing the National Anthem in
Yoruba Language daily.
Deputy
Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, relayed the directive at a meeting with
Principals and Head Teachers of public schools in Lagos.
She said that Yoruba Language would also be made a compulsory subject for students.
Adebule
said that Wednesdays had been declared ‘Yoruba Speaking Day’ in
schools, with all teaching and learning activities from assembly period
to closing being done in Yoruba.
”Governor
Ambode wants me to pass this message to you, that henceforth, Yoruba
language be made compulsory in both private and public schools.
”The National Anthem must be sung in Yoruba on a daily basis too.
“The
Egbe Akomolede has done the translation and we will send the copies of
the Yoruba version to your schools by Monday so you can begin to teach
the students.
”I have also met with the owners of private schools and we have relayed this directive to them.
”We
are also considering translating the textbooks of other subjects into
Yoruba Language because I believe that when students are taught in their
mother language, learning will be easy and their level of performance
will improve.
”The state government is passionate about this Law, so we do not lose our language, culture and heritage,” she said.
Adebule
said the Ministry of Education was doing an assessment to ascertain the
number of Yoruba teachers that would be required to effectively teach
the language in public schools.
She
appealed to the school managers to cooperate with the government to
drive and ensure the effective implementation of the Yoruba Language
Preservation and Promotion Law.
Lanre
Ogunyemi, Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on
Education, said the development would be beneficial to the younger
generation and generations unborn.
”In
Finland, you must pass the Finnish Language before you are offered
admission into high institutions. Same is done in Germany, China and
other developed countries.
”We
need to adopt such to drive development and foster national unity. I
beg you all to key into this law and make it work, ” Ogunyemi said.
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