ABSTRACT
Two major reasons are usually given for the use of African languages in education. The cultural argument is that every person has a right to the language, traditions and insights of his ancestors, and that he is culturally deprived if he is cut off from them by receiving his whole education and orientation to the modern world through a foreign language. Most of the linguistic groups contain more than one speech community or local language; that is, a community which considers itself united by a common form of speech and distinct from other such communities. From experience it has been found that the first requirement for producing a reader is to set up a Language Committee for each community. When the books are ready, the Ministry of Education makes arrangements for a formal launching of the book. The Language Committee and community leaders are invited on the first day, together with two teachers from each school in the language area.
