Can any of you here send your kids to that school for free?

emorse:

That will be how many steps backwards?

In case you don't understand my question, I'll explain. So someone gives it a name. Some people agree, others disagree. Then they debate it until a compromise is reached. Then they pick the next term and repeat the process again. On and on until the thousands of scientific terms have been named. By your own estimation, how long will that take?

So I ask again. That will be how many steps backwards?

Was there back and forth for English scientific names?

Why do you think same would apply when it comes to our local dialect.

When dey wan name after, who don ever ask for your opinion? My friend say something else.

Authorities are there for a reason and this is one of them.

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

Mumu when did English becomes criteria to be judge

and what if all these you said are going to change? he's not just building schools but also trying to revamp education up there

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

but bross..d way d thing take pain you, you for kuku go carry d school come keep for your village naa...why una from that region wey dey ass-lick south south and south west to form brotherhood dey vex for other people success like this, them no do una go complain dem do una go still dey vex. I no from that side ooo but I am happy for them anytime they achieve something meaningful.

uuzba:

In Purtugese, Spanish German, Swedish, Italian,
... Each of the words of those terms has its own meaning.
They didn't translate from English... They formed the words themselves, because their scientist did all their science in their language.
Their native languages are technical.
Nigerian Native languages are NOT technical. We do not have technical, scientific terminologies because our tribes and kingdoms did not develop UP TO that level.
Here is the oldest video I could find on youtube. It goes back up to 1897
--- I did not say, 1997, I said 1897.
124 years ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afyooxsFtiI

And they had already made:
1. Camera
2. Film
3. Movie
-
then used the camera to record their street lives
You can see paved roads, NO POTHOLE, Concrete Story buildings, STEEL works, WHEELS for carriages. COAT AND TIE, SEWN Dresses.
They were already doing these long BEFORE they Invented the camera to take the pictures.
Which one were we doing in this region of Africa?
None. We just did not have the technical advance to do things like these. And our languages did not have technical words for things like this either.
And till date, our languages still do not have these technical terms because still aren't doing any science.
The best bet is just to steal a word from English language then mispronounce it to sound African. But the word is not in any local dictionary because we've not even written the dictionary.

Perfectly written. You're very correct. I wonder what happened to Africa, qnd why they weren't able to advance technologically.

sosowater:


So you're supporting that they should be taught with Hausa language?

Ok. After teaching them in Hausa language, will they write professional exams like First school leaving, common entrance, junior waec, senior waec, neco, nabteb and GCE in Hausa language? The answer is NO.

Those countries you mentioned above have their official languages which is being used to lecture students and therefore they have no issues.

But Hausa isn't Nigeria's official language neither are igbo, yoruba and efik.

English Language should be Taught in a Single CLASS,
like every other CLASS of Foreign Languages.

Other Subjects should better be Taught in Mother Languages be it Hausa, Igbos or Nupe.

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

Pls Oga ,
wether you like it or Not English should better be Taught in a Separate/Single CLASS like any Other Foreign Languages.

If WAEC can Type HAUSA in SSCE as a separate EXAM as well as Igbo how do you think they can't write other subjects in That Language.

You need to Get out Of BOX for this country to move forward...........

I keep wondering despite the damage done by insurgents this man is still working kudos mr gov

emorse:
I'm curious. What's the atom called in your language?

Atom = Kwayar Zarra

It's a good and a welcome development. However, I wish and hope that there's some arrangements and planning on maintenance culture for this huge building already in place..
if not , it will be like pouring out water on bare floor.

very nice to see... this should be the standard, but because the big cities and towns as we all know are over crowded and there is little space to build like this.
personally I don't see why parents take their children/wards to schools without sporting facilities.. when did we hear of inter-house sports competitions?
Thumbs up to zulum!

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

Man, North is too diverse, too vast for u to give her such collective definition. The learning approach varies from one state to another, from one community to another even within a LG. How can u go to Borno and teach students in Hausa when Hausas in Borno are just like Hausas in Yoruba or Igbo land. Though most people in North-East speak Hausa but many will struggle to comprehend things in Hausa which is better to be taught in English by considering the multiculture of the region, In only Gombe there are more than 50 ethnic groups.
Ask those who attended Universities in the north they'll tell u more abt the North.
One thing u should know is, Northerners hate language of subjugation and exploitation that is why they don't like English at all. Why should someone be proud of foreign language, by the way the number of graduates North have are enough for her administrative and educational requirements for governance, research, development to drive the need of the region. Attending school without learning good English will still add a lot to their lives.

tit:
Ha ha ha
Next thing is Boko Haram has kidnap 10,000 pupils

They are going to fence it with N2bn, you remember the Unimaid saga?

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

insanity is when people don't appreciate good things no matter what. People like you can't do well even as Local Government councilors. The truth is that the man has started with infrastructure, as an educationist, he knows what next to do. Arm chair critic stay there and keep going down.

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

I get ur point fully having served there several years ago. It's quite frustrating indeed when u re willing to teach and u can't express ur self due to language barrier. I remembered asking a question in class and one student struggled to speak English which was very terrible but ended up being a celebrity of the class. You needed to see how he was applauded by his mate. Education in d north is indeed terrible. If things were to be done base on merit in this country, trust me this quys would be no were to be found for any key position

Not complete without army barrack and underground bunkers




otherwise it'll be a steady ride

oglalasioux:


If we really want to develop it's important to teach subjects, especially the sciences, in indigenous languages. The western world understand science more because things are explained in their mother tongue. Indians teach with their language, Arabs do and the Chinese and Japanese even have computer programming languages in their language. Trust me, if science is taught in Hausa these guys will do much better.

But 99.9% of Nigerians cannot read and write in the local languages they speak unlike the countries you mentioned.

uuzba:

All the nations you mentioned FORMED themselves just like our local tribes formed themselves.
Hence one language binds the whole nation.
Nigeria and many african countries are a collection of many smaller nations that were humbly minding their business.
We were forced together into a bigger nation. And that is why we use English as a common language to bind us together.

So which language should we use as national language in Nigeria now?
Talk fast-fast so I can start by reprogramming this very website into the language.
We will then see if people can continue using this service.
From there we move to all news agencies, and the national assembly.

What of India? Not everybody speaks Hindi in India. They all have their regional languages, people in Karnataka speaks and teaches their students in Karnada. You can look for excuses if you want, and you will always find one.

No one is saying we should remove English, Spanish or French from our curriculum, we can teach people in our mother’s tongue and still learn to speak and write in these foreign languages.

Funflipper:


But 99.9% of Nigerians cannot read and write in the local languages they speak unlike the countries you mentioned.

Yeah and that’s a problem. Even with this English we speak, it is still not considered our first language by everyone else In the world.

No need to dey open school for Aboki ooo...Wetin dem dey find sef na Cow and AK ....Why waste resources on terrorists?

emorse:
I'm curious. What's the atom called in your language?

small particles of his father land, just kidding ���

Nice

and states without crise can't even build a structure like this. They are only good @ building hotels and event centers��

CamusMidas:

Was there back and forth for English scientific names?

Why do you think same would apply when it comes to our local dialect.

When dey wan name after, who don ever ask for your opinion? My friend say something else.

Authorities are there for a reason and this is one of them.

The authorities are made up of only one person I suppose.

Besides, are you even considering the fact that there are over 500 spoken languages in Nigeria? Many of which are not even written. That's over 500 "one-man authorities" you're setting up o.

You've conveniently ignored the worsening state of our schools, the welfare of the teachers and all other factors that are necessary for effective teaching and learning only to criticize the same English language that was used to teach the likes of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Prof. Chike Obi, Chinua Achebe, Sanusi Lamido, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Jelani Aliyu, the millions of Nigerians out there who are contributing in their own little way and even you yourself.

P1PrinceKT:


English Language should be Taught in a Single CLASS,
like every other CLASS of Foreign Languages.

Other Subjects should better be Taught in Mother Languages be it Hausa, Igbos or Nupe.

SMH.

emorse:

The authorities are made up of only one person I suppose.

Besides, are you even considering the fact that there are over 500 spoken languages in Nigeria? Many of which are not even written. That's over 500 "one-man authorities" you're setting up o.

You've conveniently ignored the worsening state of our schools, the welfare of the teachers and all other factors that are necessary for effective teaching and learning only to criticize the same English language that was used to teach the likes of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Prof. Chike Obi, Chinua Achebe, Sanusi Lamido, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Jelani Aliyu, the millions of Nigerians out there who are contributing in their own little way and even you yourself.

Are you okay? Criticized which English? Do you expect the white man to teach those prof in Yoruba or Igbo?

We are taking about major language and all are talking about 500 spoken language, who in their right mind will ever suggest that?

We can easily translate the bible and preach the gospel using the major languages, what's your excuse again.

It would cost alot and take much resources but it can be done and people would be more productive.

Nelson Mandela once wrote, "if you speak to a man in the language he understands it goes to his head, speak to him in his own language and it goes to his heart".

Zulum is working...

CamusMidas:

Are you okay?

Will you be civil and argue like a matured person or should I just ignore you henceforth?

Criticized which English? Do you expect the white man to teach those prof in Yoruba or Igbo?

The white men taught them in English language at a time when the use of English didn't enjoy as much coverage as it does now yet they understood. Why is the language a problem now?

We are taking about major language and all are talking about 500 spoken language, who in their right mind will ever suggest that?

@the bolded. If you ask me....
By the way, do you mean we do not have minority Nigerians who do not understand any of the major languages? What becomes of them?

We can easily translate the bible and preach the gospel using the major languages, what's your excuse again.

At whose expense? For whose benefit? How does that affect the Nigerian economy?

It would cost alot and take much resources but it can be done and people would be more productive.

I struggle to see how. You can speak whatever language you like but for teaching and learning to take place, it would take much more than that.

Nelson Mandela once wrote, "if you speak to a man in the language he understands it goes to his head, speak to him in his own language and it goes to his heart".

You would be mistaking if you think Mandela was talking only about spoken language. Peace.

PS: Just so you know, they teach Nigerian languages using English because it is easier for the students to relate. I know this because I'm a teacher!

Hollawayn05:
Waste of resources
At the end they will teach the student English language with Hausa


For does Fools quoting me

Let's wait for some few years and see what's left of the school.
Most of you haven't step foot in the North thats why I can't blame you.
The North has budget for education than any other region but backwardness won't let dem shine..
The library they haave in the school I served enn, have never come across such in a public school down south and still the only thing the student comes in to do is glance tru picture and laugh, even teachers can barely express dem self.
Long story jare

Message to the fools again
Only few will relate to the message i portrait, am not against teaching in Mother tongue, 3v3n public school in lagos uses Yoruba to pass messages for better understanding, as a teacher back in the north I have to learn basic Hausa so as to teach to better understanding.. But now it's not official to teach with mother language why teach with it 100%, will they write there mathematics, English language and other subject in Hausa expecially external exams.
Kindly get my point

Well said. I served in the north and understand your points

They'll still come and kidnap them tomorrow

emorse:

Will you be civil and argue like a matured person or should I just ignore you henceforth?

The white men taught them in English language at a time when the use of English didn't enjoy as much coverage as it does now yet they understood. Why is the language a problem now?


@the bolded. If you ask me....
By the way, do you mean we do not have minority Nigerians who do not understand any of the major languages? What becomes of them?


At whose expense? For whose benefit? How does that affect the Nigerian economy?


I struggle to see how. You can speak whatever language you like but for teaching and learning to take place, it would take much more than that.


You would be mistaking if you think Mandela was talking only about spoken language. Peace.

PS: Just so you know, they teach Nigerian languages using English because it is easier for the students to relate. I know this because I'm a teacher!

You successfully tore my write up shred to shred and make no sense out of it, talking about something that was never related to it in the first place just like the way you jump into the discussion in the first.

Omoh leave talk, I can't continue this conversation with you.