Parents and teachers' perceptions of mother-tongue medium of instruction policy in Nigerian primary schools

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-108

  Iyamu, Ede O S ^a   Ogiegbaen, Sam E Aduwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Curriculum implementation; Medium of instruction; Mother tongue education; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548357319     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/lcc328.0     Document Type: Article

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