FG to build bilingual schools along cameroon borders

The Federal Government has commenced the process to establish bilingual schools in states along Nigeria borders with Cameroon.

According to a report from the ministry of Education on Tuesday, the proposed schools along the borderline would bridge the communication
difficulties for future generation and break language barriers between Nigeria and Cameroon.

The report shows that the multilingual schools along Border States was muted in a communique received from the National Boundaries Commission
on the 3rd Nigeria – Cameroon Trans-Border Cooperation which tasked Federal Ministry of Education to facilitate project.

The ministry however fear the unwilling attitude by Teachers and Learners as exhibited in the past projects carried out with some countries on French Language Development, adding that even though the National Policy on Education provides for multilingual study which is the learning of a child’s language of the immediate community.

The report further shows that the bilingual school project will be a tripartite cooperation among the federal and state governments of Nigeria.

 

Cynthia Egboboh, Abuja