'Use of mother tongues only confined to KG to lower primary 3' – Apaak clarifies

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• Kwame panin 1 month ago

  Why did he not clarify when he spoke.

  Why did he not clarify when he spoke.

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• PATIENCE IN THE FACE OF PROVOCATION 1 month ago

  Restrain from retaliation:
  The Quran teaches that responding to abuse with more abuse is unproductive. Instead, one should control their anger and avoid engaging in fruitless arguments.
  
  Practice graceful withdrawal:
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  Restrain from retaliation:
  The Quran teaches that responding to abuse with more abuse is unproductive. Instead, one should control their anger and avoid engaging in fruitless arguments.
  
  Practice graceful withdrawal:
  A "beautiful manner" of withdrawal means to separate oneself from those who provoke in a dignified and non-aggressive way.
  
  Seek help through prayer:
  
  The Quran advises seeking help through patience and prayer (2:45), emphasizing that true patience requires relying on God's strength.
  
  Persevere with wisdom:
  Patience is not about giving up but is an active process of perseverance. It allows one to use their intellect and emotions to find a result-oriented course of action rather than being overwhelmed by emotions.
  
  Recognize the bigger picture:
  The Quran suggests that a righteous person remains silent not out of fear, but because they trust in God's ultimate justice..

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• Dr Mumbi Seraki 1 month ago

  Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine..........for instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide...

  Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine..........for instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide...

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• FRANKIE 1 month ago

  Unfortunately all our local languages are not developed, chiefly because we're not innovative. They're not technical and therefore they're not opportunistic languages. English is the language of science and technology, medici ...
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  Unfortunately all our local languages are not developed, chiefly because we're not innovative. They're not technical and therefore they're not opportunistic languages. English is the language of science and technology, medicine and pharmacy, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology, agriculture and architecture, business and finance, politics and diplomacy, information technology and the internet. Can you boast the same for any of our languages? Commenters here and Dr. Apaak himself so eloquently deliver their virtuoso submissions in English language, which is the language of the internet, and therefore the language of opportunity. We're in a globalized World and if you want to stay competitive you have to do what is done in other developed jurisdictions. Ga, Twi, Ewe, Dagare etc, are limited in terminology and therefore cannot be used as a medium to teach any subject. In any case which local language will the science teacher use in Accra basic schools? Don't take us back to primitive and primordial medieval times. This is archaic. Y'all being sentimental about the imminent extinction of our local languages but there's absolutely nothing we can do. English is the real McCoy because at the end of the day, I'll need it as a prerequisite for entry into JHS SHS or university? Go think about it again!

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• Oobake 1 month ago

  Frankie, I do agree 100%

  Frankie, I do agree 100%

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• JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

  Well said, FRANKIE. The Ghana education system always gets messed up each time a new government comes into office. Nothing to provide teachers and students with tools to improve on what is working well other than an infusion ...
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  Well said, FRANKIE. The Ghana education system always gets messed up each time a new government comes into office. Nothing to provide teachers and students with tools to improve on what is working well other than an infusion of ideas that hardly make any sense.

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• Afia 1 month ago

  Well, Frankie, in India, China, and other Asian countries they teach maths, science, technology, Ai , etc in local lamguages including Hindu, Tamil, punjabi, Mandarin, Japanese,etc . In Arab countries, they teach in Arabic. ...
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  Well, Frankie, in India, China, and other Asian countries they teach maths, science, technology, Ai , etc in local lamguages including Hindu, Tamil, punjabi, Mandarin, Japanese,etc . In Arab countries, they teach in Arabic. In Russia, they teach in Russian,etc. Africa is behind the curve on this amd is also the least developed continent partly because of this.
  You cant keep making excuses...it is down to us to develop our local languages to not only express philosophical ideas but also to embed technical know how. It has to start now...Language is not just about communication but also about preserving culture and it's intrinsically linked to liberation and emancipation. For how long are we going to serve at the altar of our colonial masters by teaching exclusively in english, French,etc . It's a ridiculous state to be in and only a colonised mindset will think this is great!

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• Mandela 1 month ago

  Making rules you cannot enforce. How are you gonna stop those twi rattling scholars all over the country, who can't even speak English in the first place?

  Making rules you cannot enforce. How are you gonna stop those twi rattling scholars all over the country, who can't even speak English in the first place?

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• Oobake 1 month ago

  Exactly !!!
  Our leaders in Ghana don't think things through well before they implement.
  You guys should make sure the teachers in Accra can speak the Ga language before they are hired.
  Akan language can be learned just o ...
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  Exactly !!!
  Our leaders in Ghana don't think things through well before they implement.
  You guys should make sure the teachers in Accra can speak the Ga language before they are hired.
  Akan language can be learned just on the streets but the Ga language needs intricate brain, it is not a common language.

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• Kwame Angel 1 month ago

  You guys are just doing "trial and error" with education in Ghana. These were the same uneducated people of the so-called revolution who canceled the GCE O and A levels and sneaked their children into foreign and local schoo ...
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  You guys are just doing "trial and error" with education in Ghana. These were the same uneducated people of the so-called revolution who canceled the GCE O and A levels and sneaked their children into foreign and local schools to do the same. Some privileged ones - like Ezenator Rawlings - secretely did the O and A levels from home with private teachers. Dongons!

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• Samurai 1 month ago

  Nice comment

  Nice comment

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• NDC is a big scam 1 month ago

  The clueless incompetent idiots destroying Ghana education

  The clueless incompetent idiots destroying Ghana education

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• Paa Rasta 1 month ago

  Adu Twum was doing a good job .these people cant even think before they speak. They just realized they were indirectly making TWI THE DEFACTO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GHANA.

  Adu Twum was doing a good job .these people cant even think before they speak. They just realized they were indirectly making TWI THE DEFACTO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GHANA.

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• Paa Rasta 1 month ago

  None of these idiots will send their kids to the North or Volta to learn their native languages.

  None of these idiots will send their kids to the North or Volta to learn their native languages.

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• Kyeiwaa Vida 1 month ago

  Tribalism won't even make the implementation work. I have explained difficult stuff people have been struggling to understand in their mother tongue and they understood in minutes. From KG to university students. Explain in l ...
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  Tribalism won't even make the implementation work. I have explained difficult stuff people have been struggling to understand in their mother tongue and they understood in minutes. From KG to university students. Explain in local languages and understanding works like magic. They will still do the stupid exercises and exams in English and excel because they understand.

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• Vinny 1 month ago

  Rubbish, there are things you can not explain outside English.
  
  Try explaining the 118 elements of the periodic table in any Gh language, by the way we have about 85 languages with many having different dialects.
  
  Explain ...
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  Rubbish, there are things you can not explain outside English.
  
  Try explaining the 118 elements of the periodic table in any Gh language, by the way we have about 85 languages with many having different dialects.
  
  Explain to me Newton's law on gravity, just make sure to define gravity in all 85 languages

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• Ernestine Sackey 1 month ago

  Bogus. Nothing of that sort happened, NDC AND LIES, HMM.

  Bogus. Nothing of that sort happened, NDC AND LIES, HMM.

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• Vinny 1 month ago

  Even still who's mother tongue is to ne used? That of every individual kid, the class teacher, the school head, the local chief or what???

  Even still who's mother tongue is to ne used? That of every individual kid, the class teacher, the school head, the local chief or what???

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• Afia 1 month ago

  Well in India, China, and other Asian countries they teach maths, science, technology, Ai , etc in local languages including Hindu, Tamil, punjabi, Mandarin, Japanese,etc . In Arab countries, they teach in Arabic. In Russia, ...
  read full comment

  Well in India, China, and other Asian countries they teach maths, science, technology, Ai , etc in local languages including Hindu, Tamil, punjabi, Mandarin, Japanese,etc . In Arab countries, they teach in Arabic. In Russia, they teach in Russian,etc. Africa is behind the curve on this amd is also the least developed continent partly because of this.
  
  We can't keep making excuses...it is down to us to develop our local languages to not only express philosophical ideas but also to embed technical know how. It has to start now...Language is not just about communication but also about preserving culture and it's intrinsically linked to liberation and emancipation. For how long are we going to serve at the altar of our colonial masters by teaching exclusively in english, French,etc . It's a ridiculous state to be in and only a colonised mindset will think this is great!

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• Concerned Citizen 1 month ago

  Ghanaians need to understand that the politicians doing trial-and-error with our education system never school their kids in the system they are proposing.
  
  Always ask them which schools their kids attend. If they haven’t ...
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  Ghanaians need to understand that the politicians doing trial-and-error with our education system never school their kids in the system they are proposing.
  
  Always ask them which schools their kids attend. If they haven’t shipped them off to the UK, USA, or Canada… they usually have them attending expensive private schools that the average Ghanaian cannot afford.
  
  And those schools all teach in English.

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