Gambia launches school programme in seven languages
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Gambiana
The Gambian Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education will roll out an initial learning programme in seven national languages. The initiative aims to reduce language difficulties faced by young pupils during the first years of schooling, according to information provided by the ministry.
The Gambian Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education plans to roll out a foundational learning programme in seven national languages in all public early childhood development centres and lower primary schools during the school year. The Structured Pedagogy Foundational Learning Programme is intended in particular to reduce the difficulties associated with using English for the initial learning of reading, writing and numeracy, according to the ministry.
The programme targets children in the early years of schooling, while they are still developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills. The ministry describes the exclusive use of English at these levels as a persistent obstacle to this learning.
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