IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v520y1992i1p91-102.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Mother-Tongue Literacy in Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • J. T. OKEDARA
  • C. A. OKEDARA

Abstract

The importance of mother-tongue literacy cannot be overemphasized. Regrettably, contemporary language literacy in Nigeria is fraught with constraints, such as the lack of orthography for a large proportion of Nigerian languages. The prospects for mass literacy are not encouraging, unless the federal government of Nigeria directs its efforts to developing orthography and literature in many unwritten indigenous languages. Moreover, there is a need to clarify, in terms of policy, what it means to be literate locally, regionally, and nationally. The newly established Commission for Adult and Non-Formal Education is charged with working out language policy for an adult literacy program in the country. The hope is that the commission will soon provide a realistic solution to the problem. Nigeria could thereby present a model program for other countries in similar circumstances to emulate, as necessary and appropriate.

Suggested Citation

  • J. T. Okedara & C. A. Okedara, 1992. "Mother-Tongue Literacy in Nigeria," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 520(1), pages 91-102, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:520:y:1992:i:1:p:91-102
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716292520001011
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716292520001011
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716292520001011?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Anonymous, 1953. "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(3), pages 420-425, August.
    2. Anonymous, 1953. "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(1), pages 145-147, February.
    3. Anonymous, 1953. "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(2), pages 275-279, May.
    4. Anonymous, 1953. "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization," International Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(4), pages 588-592, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Aitor Calo-Blanco & Jaromír Kovářík & Friederike Mengel & José Gabriel Romero, 2017. "Natural disasters and indicators of social cohesion," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-13, June.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:520:y:1992:i:1:p:91-102. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.