The beast that stalks the Ghana mother tongue issue!

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• MINOR CASE 10 years ago

  When the matter of local language is broached, the non Akans instinctively react as if Akan is going to be imposed on them . What the learned professor said was for the good of non Akans.Let us accept the fact that the Akan l ...
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  When the matter of local language is broached, the non Akans instinctively react as if Akan is going to be imposed on them . What the learned professor said was for the good of non Akans.Let us accept the fact that the Akan language will in future obliterate all languages in Ghana if steps are not taken to ensure that our children are instructed in
  their mother tongues at the early stages of their growth so as to preserve loacl languages. The origin of the influx of Akans in Accra has it's roots in the Busia regime. His government's focus was to develop the rural areas and help with the establishment cottage industries and making food crop farming attractive so that the youth would not drift to cities to look for non existing jobs.What happened,the urban dwellers ,particulary in Accra ridiculed him taunting his big lips. He was overthrown and his plans never implemented by succeeding regimes. Now what do we see ? The cities are overwhelmed by youth from rural areas sweeping away the culture of the indigenes. Such short sightedness has been the bane of the Gas in particulsr. I remember when Busia wanted to construct a central sewerage system for Accra with the help of the Isrealis the Gas taunted him sayig "we eat before we shit " . The project was abandoned after his overthrow. Now they have food to eat but have no place to shit. My advice is that when contentious topics of national dimensions are raised , we should take a deep breath before we open our big mouths .

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• James Bamfo 10 years ago

  Excellent piece!
  The trend cannot be changed if the trenches are already in the system. Critics are blinded but will see again. Enviousness will be trampled upon and people like Andy-K will lay fallow until they are dissipat ...
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  Excellent piece!
  The trend cannot be changed if the trenches are already in the system. Critics are blinded but will see again. Enviousness will be trampled upon and people like Andy-K will lay fallow until they are dissipated. "or sit back and be hammered by that beast---Akan." Ah, I love this! We are moving forward.

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• back door director 10 years ago

  Will speaking Akan change us from being corrupt

  Will speaking Akan change us from being corrupt

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• onua 10 years ago

  We don't need to change our official language to akan to develop. We need better methods, facilities and materials of teaching our children based on research and what works.
  
  The education system had declined because minist ...
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  We don't need to change our official language to akan to develop. We need better methods, facilities and materials of teaching our children based on research and what works.
  
  The education system had declined because ministry of education are not doing any research to modernize our kids education. What are the goals of our education system? Is it to come up with more creative students, or more ethical students, or more workers? Each goal will determine how we teach. Its not about language but the goals. How many akan speakers can write akan? Will those of us that don't speak akan who are almost 52% learn to speak and write it? No way.
  
  Figure a way to tie academia to industry and goals for the development plans as a nation. Figure a way to involve students in research. Figure a way to emphasize on ethics. Figure a way to reward good academic performance through schorlarships so all kids yearn to do better either through academic scholarships or sports scholarships. Naana Opoku Agyemang is wrong.
  
  There are nations like India etc that speak English that are far advanced than us technology wise. Language is important but it had nothing to do with creativity and development. Even the best scientist in the world know scientific facts transcends landuages and does not hinge on language. Focus on improving the broken education system which involved all in the communities the schools are in the past and stop tinkering with our school system.

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• SENDERO 10 years ago

  The posting is not about the education dimension of the argument. it is about culture and how Akan is obliterating all other languages in Ghana and, with this, it will also destroy their culture. The writer is presumably Akan ...
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  The posting is not about the education dimension of the argument. it is about culture and how Akan is obliterating all other languages in Ghana and, with this, it will also destroy their culture. The writer is presumably Akan and is speaking up for other languages, he is not defending the minister as you think he is. Also, the minister has said clearly that it will be for the first 3 years that a child will receive instruction in a local dialect and after that there is English. You need to read the posting again and also understand the real meaning the policy

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