Talatona – Universities and specialised institutes have been urged to make available their academic production to help quickly and safely consolidate the teaching of languages in Angola.
The appeal was launched by minister of Education Luísa Grilo, while delivering her speech at the opening ceremony of the 1st International Conference on the Insertion of Angolan Languages in the Education and Teaching System on Tuesday.
The minister said that their use is an imperative of the Constitution and the Law.
The minister of Education defended the inclusion of the local knowledge in order to ensure the desired quality of education, which is generally expressed in mother tongues.
The minister recalled the data from the Census carried out in 2014, which show Portuguese as the most spoken language in the country, accounted for about 71 percent of the population (Umbundu 23/% , Kikongo and Kimbundu with 8% each).
She warned of the asymmetries created in the exclusive use of the Portuguese language in teaching system.
Diasala Jacinto André, director general of the National Institute for the Evaluation and Development of Education, said the referred conference created room for dialogue that allow a discussion around the aspects capable of contributing to the conception of a language policy that take into account the ethno linguistic diversity of the country.
Held under the theme “Languages of Angola in the curriculum, a factor for the transformation of Education and school inclusion”, the event aimed to discuss the issue of the insertion of African languages in education systems and to build a strategy for the insertion of languages in the curriculum school.
Source: Angola Press News Agency