Using the Esan Language in Enhancing the Delivery of Quality Education in Edo State, Nigeria

The constant use of indigenous language (Esan)was discovered to be a perfect medium of imparting knowledge in primary schools which was fundamental to educational growth in the country. It sufficed to state that “Esan Language belonged to the north-central part of “Edoid†Language in Edo State, and it has been in use as a medium of instruction in Esan Central Primary Schools. Specifically, the study focused on promoting Esan Language among the multifarious Indigenous Languages in Nigeria, enhancing the consciousness of “Esan Language among Esan primary school pupils, assisting teachers with workable methodologies of teaching/learning of Esan language, assisting the Ministry of Education in the preparation of Esan Language syllabus for Primary Schools, etc. Also, the study which is based on theoretical and empirical approaches focused on the sampling of sixteen (16) primary schools which were randomly selected from the four kingdoms in the targeted Local Government. Total of (50) pupils were sampled through a designed questionnaire in each school bringing it to a total number of eight hundred (800) respondents in each of the schools. The study further highlighted the findings which revealed inter alia that Esan Language was taught in all the primary schools by teachers who were all from Esan origin though not qualified (not Esan certificated). There were no libraries in schools as well as sufficient textbooks for the subject. The pupils can speak Esan Fluently but cannot write and read a passage fluently in Esan Language. Outside Esan Language, no other subject is taught with “Esan†in primary schools. All these justified the hypotheses raised for the study. Finally, Conclusion and Recommendations were made for quality teaching and learning of the Esan language in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State.