Namibia’s language policy is ‘poisoning’ its children

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Namibia’s language policy is ‘poisoning’ its children

English has been the medium of instruction in most of Namibia’s classrooms for nearly 20 years, but with teachers shown to be failing in competency tests, calls for change are mountingNamibia’s commitment to English as the main language of education has been undermined by revelations that 98% of the southern African country’s teachers are not sufficiently proficient in the language. Leaked results of government tests carried out last year indicated that all but 2% of teachers need to undergo further training in basic English.