Ghana to change English as medium of instruction

The Minister of Education has stated that Ghana would very soon change the use of English as a medium of instruction in school.

Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang largely blamed the inability of the educated working class to develop the nation to the language used in teaching them in school.

The minister who was part of the “Shared Prosperity Forum” Friday indicated that she was determined to push through the language policy at the highest level so that school children can be thought in their mother tongue.

The forum held at the University of Ghana assembled several high-level opinion leaders from the public and private sectors to reflect on two ambitious goals- end extreme poverty by 2030, and to effectively promote income growth among people in the bottom 40 percent of the population in every country of the world.

Prof. Opoku Agyemang was optimistic that once “we can remove [English as the medium of instruction], we will change this country.”

The call to change the use of English language as a medium of instruction in school at all levels has been raging for years but there has always been a lack of political will to walk the talk.

The minister’s take drew thunderous cheers from the gathering which included students and lecturers and members from the general public.

“I will need your applause when I push through the language policy,” she pointed out.

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