On Uganda government’s commitment to the development and implementation of the mother tongue education policy in post-2015 era
Masaazi, F. M., Ssentanda, M. E., & Ngaka, W. (2018). On Uganda government’s commitment to the development and implementation of the mother tongue education policy in post-2015 era. Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies, 12 (2), 1-17. doi:10.17011/apples/urn.201809144126
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The year 2015 was set as deadline to realise the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) which were authored in 2000 by 189 states in the world. Language is at
the heart of MDGs (Barron, 2012; Romaine, 2013). Some scholars look at language
(development) as a measure and/or determinant of development (e.g. Romaine,
2013). This paper examines Uganda’s commitment to the development and
employment of mother tongues in education as a way of realising the quality of
education in Uganda. It is important to reflect on the trend and level of mother
tongue development and employment in education in Uganda to chart the way
forward for the post-2015 period. The paper draws from different studies and
reports which have focussed on mother tongue education in Uganda. This study
faults the government in many ways for failing to sustain the national initiatives
of mother tongue education, particularly in terms of poor financing and failure to
monitor the implementation of UPE and mother tongue education programmes. The
paper proposes a way forward for the realisation of a meaningful Education for All
(EFA) in form of Universal Primary Education (UPE) initiative and the mother
tongue education policy introduced in Uganda in 1997 and 2006 respectively.
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