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To address falling decline in performances of students in Mathematics and science based subjects, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonaya Onu has said his ministry will push for the adoption of teaching these subjects in indigenous languages so as to facilitate interest and better understanding of the subjects.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Onu stated this while addressing pupils of Ekulu Primary School in Enugu, where he had gone to present computer sets and other science kits donated by his ministry.
He explained that teaching the subjects in the various indigenous languages spoken in Nigeria will help popularize the subject and also encourage better performances even from primary schools.
In his words: “The Ministry of Science and Technology is worried over the low interest in mathematics and the science subjects, so, we are working on plans to teach mathematics and sciences in indigenous languages in primary schools.
“These pupils grow up with their indigenous languages at home before they start going to school, where they are now taught in foreign languages. So, we have observed that there is a challenge to understand the foreign languages first before they could even start understanding what they are being taught.
“We believe that this plan will help our students to understand mathematics and the science subjects, and also promote the application of science and technology for national development.”
He added that some countries that were making advancement in science and technology, such as India, adopted a similar strategy by teaching mathematics and the science subjects in indigenous languages at the primary school level.
Speaking further, Onu said: “No nation can become great without science and technology. If Nigeria is to be great, then, Nigerians must embrace science and technology.
“You can’t produce anything without science and technology. We are exporting our jobs by importing everything we need, and that is why our graduates are no longer able to get jobs after their studies.
“For us to build the country of our dreams, for us to make Nigeria a truly great nation, a nation that is able to feed and house its citizens, a nation with a stable currency, we must embrace science and technology.
“It is my duty as the minister of science and technology to make Nigerians to understand this.”