[At a workshop in Uganda, Wambui Munge, R4D’s communications officer, explains why the use of local languages was adopted in early learning tool kits.]
Ten years ago, Ministry of Education introduced the thematic curriculum to enhance learning in lower primary school (P1 to P3). This curriculum provides for the use of local indigenous languages.
Public primary schools in urban settings such as Kampala however, are allowed to use English as a medium of instruction because of such areas attract people from different ethnicities and tribes.
Districts such as Kiryandongo, Namayingo, Buliisa that are composed of multilingual communities are however posing a unique challenge to the implementation of the thematic curriculum.
