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Sasa Kiswahili ni lugha rasmi Uganda, na kitatahiniwa kuanzia shule za msingi hadi sekondari, hii fursa nzuri kwa walimu wetu hususan ale ambao ako vizuri kingereza maana lazima upate pakuanzia kuwafunza Kiswahili.....
Kampala. Uganda’s cabinet on Tuesday July 5, approved the implementation of the 21st East African Community (EAC) summit directive in Uganda to adopt Kiswahili as an official language of the community.
The cabinet sitting on Monday further recommended that the teaching of Kiswahili language in primary and secondary schools should be made compulsory and examinable, according to minister of ICT and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi.
Officials from EAC member states want Swahili made compulsory in schools
“It was further agreed that training programmes for Parliament, Cabinet and the media be initiated,” he said.
The development comes months after the African Union — the apex organisation for African states - adopted Kiswahili as one of its official working languages, three months after the United Nations on November 23, 2021 designated July 7 as the World Kiswahili Language Day.
In 2017, Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) finalised the secondary school curriculum where Swahili was introduced as a compulsory subject alongside English.
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Kampala. Uganda’s cabinet on Tuesday July 5, approved the implementation of the 21st East African Community (EAC) summit directive in Uganda to adopt Kiswahili as an official language of the community.
The cabinet sitting on Monday further recommended that the teaching of Kiswahili language in primary and secondary schools should be made compulsory and examinable, according to minister of ICT and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi.
Officials from EAC member states want Swahili made compulsory in schools
“It was further agreed that training programmes for Parliament, Cabinet and the media be initiated,” he said.
The development comes months after the African Union — the apex organisation for African states - adopted Kiswahili as one of its official working languages, three months after the United Nations on November 23, 2021 designated July 7 as the World Kiswahili Language Day.
In 2017, Uganda National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) finalised the secondary school curriculum where Swahili was introduced as a compulsory subject alongside English.
Uganda makes Kiswahili compulsory in primary and secondary schools
Uganda’s cabinet on Tuesday July 5, approved the implementation of the 21st East African Community (EAC) summit directive in Uganda to adopt Kiswahili as an official language of the community. .