Ghana’s plan to adopt local languages aims to honour its linguistic diversity and preserve the country’s rich cultural heritage while enhancing citizen engagement in the legislative process. English ...

A historian at the University of Ghana says language is central to the survival of culture and knowledge, warning that Ghana risks losing critical aspects of its identity if indigenous languages ...

The NYPD added a new language Thursday to its growing lexicon: Ewe, pronounced just like “away.” Two of the 650 recruits that joined the NYPD Police Academy Thursday speak the primary language of ...

Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has reaffirmed that English and French will remain integral to Ghana's education system. He said English will become the principal language of ...

Mr Assiélou Félix Tanon, the President of the Group of Francophone Ambassadors in Ghana, has reaffirmed the group’s ...

The history of language and education in Africa cannot be separated from the colonial project. British colonial education was never intended to create independent thinkers; it was designed to produce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ghana is partnering with Google to develop AI-powered education tools in local languages, starting with Twi, Ewe, Dagbani, and ...

By Nicholas ARTHUR-BAIDOO Jnr, Elsie Edinam AVEVOR, Mustapha BELLO, and Francis Kwesku ESSEL A language waiting to be heardIn every corner of Ghana, language lives. It is expressed in various ways and ...

The recent directive by the Ministry of Education that Ghanaian languages should be used as the medium of instruction in all basic schools (KG-JHS) is neither theoretically grounded nor empirically ...

President John Dramani Mahama’s call for the use of local languages in schools is a bold and visionary idea. It reminds us that our languages — Twi, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani, and others, carry our history, ...