NATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY IN NIGEIA AND THE VISION 20:20:20

Abstract

The world is undergoing a global transformation in every facet of human endeavor especially in the aspects of language and education. Nigeria has shown its desire to break away from an exogenous policy situation in which a nonindigenous second language alone is used by a fraction of the population. The National Language policy has however, give room for the use of indigenous languages in education sectors for national development. This paper tries to examine the issue of language policy as it relates to education. Two selected area of priority of current research activities were considered. Early Childhood Education (ECE) and ICT-Mediated Programme for Distance and adult Literacy. The findings of this paper however, show that the activities have really helped in developing learner’s language skills. Even though they are not without some challenges, some recommendations such as the government should continue to create awareness and sensitize people on the value of education to states local government and communication were, made among others.