Luanda -Angola’s minister of State for Social Affairs Dalva Ringote Allen announced on Monday the 1st International Conference under the theme “The languages of Angola in the education and teaching system.
The event aims to share experiences and collect subsidies that will contribute to the outlining a strategy that will be adopted in the insertion of the languages of Angola, Bantu and Khun, into the school curriculum.
Speaking at the opening of the 2nd CPLP Seminar on Portuguese as a second language, Dalva Ringote Allen said that the event is part of the development of the country’s language policy and the transformation of education.
According to the Minister of State, the insertion of the languages of Angola in the school curriculum may grant, depending on the development of the studies, the right to study in the mother tongue, so that education may be meaningful, integrative, equitable and of quality for all.
The Minister of State said, on the other hand, that the member States of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) should make the community a point of departure and arrival, with education policies always aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, referring to education, of the United Nations Agenda 2030.
Dalva Ringote knowledge that sharing in the field of primary education among member states allows seeking improvement in the teaching of the Portuguese language, whose learning is a right and is an asset.
“The event brings the possibility of reformulating the education and teaching system, because the transmission of knowledge should result in quality translation and open doors to its applicability,” she said.
Dalva Ringote recalled that at the domestic level Angola has approved the Human Capital Development Plan, which establishes the vision and strategic objectives for the countries, regarding the development of national human capital in accordance with the country’s development priorities.
The official announced plans to increase the rigour of the Portuguese language proficiency requirement for university applicants.
“The diplomatic efforts of our community have led to the officialisation of the Portuguese Language with various international organisations. Since 2019, the World Portuguese Language Day is celebrated on 5 May.”
In turn, the minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, said that the three-day seminar aims to help create methodologies for teaching the Portuguese language to children who do not have it as their first language.
“As Angola is a multilingual country – Portuguese emerged from colonization – but it is still the mother tongue of many Angolans. But we have children with the national language as their first language, that is the reason why the teaching methods should be differentiated,” she stressed.
The II seminar is a segment of the first held in 2019, which gather integrants from 9 CPLP member countries.
The event is being attended by teachers, researchers, students and writers from member states, in a face-to-face and virtual way.
Source: Angola Press News Agency