General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018Source: Enock AkonnorEnforce teaching in Akan education - Government toldTeachers are being encouraged to use indigenous languages to help studentsChief for Atwima Kwanwoma Nana Amponsa-Kwaa IV has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Education to consider setting in motion policies that will ensure that Akan language (Twi) is strictly used by teachers as the communication channel in the teaching of students in the country. From the basic stage through to the Junior high school level, Nana Amponsa opined that teaching in Twi should be made mandatory within both the private and public institutions. English language which according to him is a borrowed dialect has subdued the local languages in every affair of the nation's academics, describing it as a great shame to the country. He bold questioned that "why should we live in our own country and allow school authorities to put prohibitions on the speaking of Twi language or any local dialect on school premises when English is an alien dialect?" Nana Amponsa challenged the Ministry of Education to sit up and encourage teaching in Akan language so as to help save the situation.

Source: GhanaWeb May 12, 2018 15:11 UTC