What is the importance of vernacular language in science education?
Importance of vernacular language can be understood by the words of former President of India Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam who once said that science education should be imparted to children in vernacular language to bring creativity and enable easy grasp of the subject.
Should vernacular languages be used as a medium of instruction?
In contrast, use of an international language as a medium of instruction would promote mixing of people from different ethnic or racial groups that would still have their unique cultures and vernacular languages which do not necessarily have to be preserved through use of vernacular languages as medium of instruction at universities.
What are the vernacular languages?
However, the vernacular languages have remained indispensable vehicles of communication. For more than 20 million people in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, the Chichewa (or Chinyanja/ Cinyanja) has become the most significant language of daily life.
What are the effects of learning in vernacular medium schools?
Learning in vernacular medium schools can have two types of effects on students. Either they can feel biased towards their native language, or they can fell diffident of being educated in vernacular medium school. The best way to make children learn is to teach them in their native language.
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