Fifteen Years of the National Policy on Education: How far has language fared?
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Date
1994
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Centre for Language in Education and Development.
Abstract
The role of language in education is usually taken for granted by linguists. Since acquisition of knowledge is most effectively carried out through the mediation of language, it comes naturally to linguists to assume that any educational policy must devote a substantial part to language.
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Language policy thrust, Language policy, National Policy on Education, Language of instruction, Mother tongue education policy
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Bamgbose, Ayo (1994). Fifteen Years of the National Policy on Education: How far has language fared? In Adegbite, Wale and Onukaogu (eds.) Language in Education in Nigeria: Some Critical Perspectives (in honour of Professor Adebisi Afolayan). Ile-Ife: Centre for Language in Education and Development.