Stop Punishing Children For Speaking Vernacular In School
The Dean at the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie says it is unjust to prohibit children from speaking vernacular in schools. Speaking at a virtual symposium on the role of the mother tongue in improving literacy in Ghana on 3fm 92.7, the Urban blend show, organized in commemoration of the 2021 international mother tongue day, Professor Owu-Ewie bemoaned the habit of punishing students for speaking our local languages at school, he believes this has the tendency of eroding our heritage as a country. For his part, the Convener o...