Lagos Introduces Chinese into Public School : Fashola says its the way to Go

拉各斯州州長巴巴通德Fashola先生，於上週日稱，該計劃由州政府在公立學校中推行普通話不妨礙土著語言的教學。

in other words "Lagos State Governor,  Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Sunday that the plan by the state government to introduce Mandarin in public schools was not  to discourage the teaching of indigenous languages."

The governor said during the commemoration of 2,000 days of his administration in Ikeja that the introduction of Mandarin in schools was to give  pupils functional education in consonance with current realities.

He said the emergence of China as a major economic power should compel any serious government to begin to plan for the future.

Fashola, however, said that  no child would be compelled to take the language in school.

The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, recently announced plans by the government to introduce Chinese language in all public schools.

``Our plan to introduce Chinese in schools is not to discourage or stop the teaching of indigenous languages in schools.

``We will continue to teach Yoruba and other languages but we are saying that giving our pupils the opportunity to learn Chinese will be an advantage in a changing world. News24