Renowned author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has criticised teachers for punishing students who speak their mother tongue in school. “The culture of teachers punishing their students for speaking their mother tongue must stop. In fact, we should encourage them to express themselves in their mother tongue,” he said. In the recent past, we were taught how to read and write in our mother tongue,” said East African Educational Publishers Chief Executive officer Kiarie Kamau. Published by East African Educational Publishers, the local language books target pupils under the Competence Based Curriculum namely Gikuyu literacy Grade 1 and 2, Kikamba literacy Grade 1, 2 and 3, Dholuo literacy Grade 2 and Ekegusii literacy Grade 1.

Source: The Star February 06, 2019 13:09 UTC