The Current Status of Wolaita Language as a Medium of Instruction

Language becomes something to fight for, to die for... ...the politicians of the area dreamed once and created this Esperanto language for schools instruction. Due to the introduction of WoGaGoDa language, textbooks in Wolaita language which were available before 2000 were discarded. After strong resistance of people not to use WoGaGoDa and its textbooks for instruction, the local government revised its decision to the Wolaita language using as language of instruction. "It is universally acknowledged principle in modern education that a child should receive instruction both in and through mother tongue the heritages of his own people, and the natural and necessary expression of this heritage in the language".

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About the AuthorTamirat Gibon Ginja is Lecturer at Arbaminch College of Teacher's Education, Ethiopia. Before joining the college, he thought secondary school Amharic (official language of Ethiopia) for more than seven years and school principal for two years.Tamirat earned his M.A. degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Addis Ababa University.