Oral public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill began in Parliament last week, after a period of written submissions. Grievances show up the complexities of well-intentioned planning for mother-tongue learning and raise questions ...
which favours the policy amendments, research shows that mother-tongue education is pivotal in basic education.
“The best way to promote mother-tongue is to provide funding that will enable school communities to make that decision,” he said, describing policy changes as “an escape clause for bad management and poor planning”. Quan said several additions might help realise the Bill’s objectives and suggested the department also consider:demand for conversion to dual-medium school of single-medium schools;
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