MAKE ENGLISH AND FRENCH COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLS

20-09-09 MAKE ENGLISH AND FRENCH COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLS

The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, has proposed the teaching and learning of English and French languages in English as well as French speaking countries, compulsory in schools. He emphasized that language barrier pose a major challenge in the attainment of cross –border cohesion, co-existence, free movement of goods and persons, as well as nurture the bond of friendship between neighboring countries. Mr Woyongo was speaking at a cross-border tripartite meeting between the Upper East of Ghana, Central East Province of Burkina-Faso, and the Savannah Region of Togo, at Tenkodogo in Burkina-Faso. Mr. Woyongo said the deepening of cooperation between the three regions and Africa as a whole would be achieved, only if people are trained to speak the English and French language. He therefore called on opinion leaders and the various governments to help institute measures in making the teaching and learning of English and French in schools starting from the basic level. The Chief Executive of Dapaong,Togo, Mr. Mossyamba Ali Seydou stressed the need for the needed cooperation between English and French speaking countries, within the African continent, since some of these countries share similar characteristics in terms of culture, vegetation, climate and agriculture among others.


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