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In response to a question on whether parents/guardians would like their children/wards to be taught in Chisena, a big majority 228 (78.9%) accepted Chisena; with 59 (20.4%) rejecting Chisena as a medium of instruction. 2 respondents (0.7%) were not decided. A related question wanted to know whether the parents/guardians would like pupils to be taught in Chichewa. The majority of the respondents 270 (93.4%) gave a positive response to the qustion whilst 15 (5.2%) rejected Chichewa and 4 respondents (1.4%) were not sure of their stand, hence they gave no response. 6.5.2.4 SUMMARY OF PARENTS’/GUARDIANS’ RESPONSES The majority of the parents/guardians (78.9%) have welcomed the proposed use of Chisena as a medium of instruction. The same parents/guardians (93.4%) indicate that they also accept Chichewa as a medium of instruction. In conclusion, it can be said whilst the majority of the parents/duardians have a positive attitude towards their language and ethnic group, they also recognise Chichewa as an important national franca. 6.5.3 TEACHERS’ RESPONSES This section presents responses made by primary school teachers located in the Chisena speaking areas of Chikwawa and Nsanje. The responses throw light on, inter alia, the possible number of teachers who are native speakers of Chisena, and also give an indication of a number of teachers who teach in the Chisena speaking areas but are themselves not Chisena speaking. In addition, the responses reveal the attitude of the teachers whose mother tongue is Chisena. Specifically, the responses are supposed to reflect the teachers’ attitude towards Chisena as well as towards their identity as Senas. More crucially, it was vital to discover whether or not they were ready to teach in Chisena. Furthermore, it was pertinent to find out from the responses whether or not they accept the introduction of mother tongue instruction. Some of the questions were similar to those asked in the other sections of the questionnaire. These pertained to the respondents’ knowledge of other varieties of Chisena and where these are spoken. Of all the teachers interviewed, 93.8% indicated that they spoke Chisena and only 6.3% indicated that they did not. Asked whether they spoke other languages, 81.3% said they did and 18.3% said they did not. The languages named were Chichewa 12.5%, English 6.3% and combinations of languages Chichewa and English (43.8%), Tumbuka, Chichewa and English 6.3%, and Shona, Chichewa and English another 6.3%. A further question asked the teachers whether they knew any varieties of Chisena, and 6.3% 102
mentioned the Nsanje variety, another 6.3% mentioned Nyungwe. An overwhelming 87.5% did not know any variety. A corollary asked the respondents to name where the best Chisena is spoken and the responses are recorded in Table 93. Table 93: Where Best Chisena is Spoken Place Frequency % Marka 1 6.3 Nsanje 7 43.8 Mbenje 2 12.5 Chikwawa 1 6.3 Ndamera 5 31.3 A further question sought to find out whether or not the teachers found it embarrassing to speak Chisena. An overwhelming 87.5% said they did not, 6.3% said they did, and another 6.3% said they did not know. A corollary question asked the teachers whether or not they were embarrassed to be identified as Sena. A staggering 93.7% said they were not, 6.3% said they were. A set of questions which had direct relevance to the aims and specific goals of the survey were posed. The first question asked the teachers whether they accept Chisena in schools. 87.5% said they would and 12.5% were undecided. A corollary question asked the teachers whether they would accept Chisena as a medium of instruction, 75% said they would, 12.5% said they would not and another 12.5% were undecided. A further question asked whether they could teach Chisena as a subject, 81.3% said they could, 6.3% said they could not, 12.5% were undecided. Another question sought to elicit in<strong>for</strong>mation regarding the languages the teachers were trained to teach. 12.5% said Chichewa and 62.5% said Chichewa and English. The remainder were not trained teachers. These untrained teachers were recruited under the Free Primary Education Programme. Responding to the question on what teaching and 103
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A Note from the Director on Socioli
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1 INTRODUCTION The availability of
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instance, a mother tongue literacy
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level of understanding, whether the
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In relation to religions affiliatio
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there is l and w are repalced by d
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the survey that people from outside
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Above form 4 1 3 0.5 Other 3 0.3 Th
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REASONS GIVEN Easy communication Mo
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Chilomwe Chisena Chinkhonde English
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50. It has been observed that those
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Chichewa. This has arisen from the
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the most crucial informants because
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and pressing issues to handle e.g.
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Table 13: District Acceptance Of Ch
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The figures above clearly indicate
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Teachers were also requested to ind
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Rumphi 75.0 25.0 Mzimba 84.7 11.1 N
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Bay Table 24 shows that English is
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preferred language is Chilambia (17
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Rumphi 17.3 Pure Tumbuka 6.7 Henga
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Pure 1.5 Mmbelwa 1.5 Euthini 1.5 Ka
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Chichewa is the most favoured langu
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Page 79 and 80: Undecided 1 0.3 The results present
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Page 97 and 98: Tengani 11 2.7 Nsanje 35 8.6 Phodzo
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