Mother tongues

Sep 21, 2001

SIR—Teaching in mother tongues is to begin in 2003.

SIR—Teaching in mother tongues is to begin in 2003. How is the Government going to get such a plan in motion in less than two years in a country with well over 30 different tribes? Teachers keep going without pay for months. How will the Government provide linguistic training for the teachers, textbooks, syllabuses, etc? Sarah T. Nandugga, Boston, USA

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