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14<br />

FIGURE 14.12:<br />

Kenya <strong>and</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a followed different routes in implementing their language of instruction policy<br />

Selected indicators of language use in primary education, selected regions of Kenya <strong>and</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a, 2009<br />

a. Language used in classroom <strong>and</strong> spoken at home<br />

%<br />

0<br />

20<br />

40<br />

60<br />

80<br />

100<br />

Kenya<br />

Central<br />

Nyanza<br />

Classroom<br />

Home<br />

Classroom<br />

Home<br />

92<br />

84<br />

18<br />

11<br />

100<br />

90<br />

c. Use of mother tongue, by grade<br />

80<br />

Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Central<br />

Lango<br />

Classroom<br />

Home<br />

Classroom<br />

Home<br />

82<br />

93<br />

74<br />

68<br />

%<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

b. Instructional time, by subject <strong>and</strong> language<br />

30<br />

Kenya<br />

0<br />

20<br />

40<br />

%<br />

60<br />

80<br />

100<br />

20<br />

Kenya<br />

Ug<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Mathematics<br />

Social studies<br />

Mathematics<br />

Social studies<br />

92<br />

90<br />

13<br />

8<br />

10<br />

0<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />

Grade<br />

English Kiswahili Mother tongue Other<br />

Source: Piper <strong>and</strong> Miksic (2011).<br />

immigrant students still spoke a different language at<br />

home (OECD, 2015d).<br />

For Latin America <strong>and</strong> sub-Saharan Africa, information on<br />

language use at home <strong>and</strong> school can be compiled from<br />

three regional assessment programmes: the Analysis<br />

Programme of the CONFEMEN Education Systems<br />

(PASEC), the Southern <strong>and</strong> Eastern Africa Consortium<br />

for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Second Regional Comparative <strong>and</strong> Explanatory Study<br />

(SERCE). Analysis of PASEC countries by the GEM Report<br />

team shows the percentage of grade 5 students who<br />

did not speak the language of assessment at home to<br />

be very high, ranging from nearly 70% in Cameroon<br />

<strong>and</strong> Gabon to over 90% in Senegal <strong>and</strong> Togo. Among<br />

countries taking part in SACMEQ, 90% of sixth-graders<br />

did not speak the language of assessment at home in<br />

Malawi <strong>and</strong> Swazil<strong>and</strong>. Across Latin America, the largest<br />

shares of grade 6 students who did not speak the test<br />

language at home were found in Guatemala (16%) <strong>and</strong><br />

Paraguay (45%).<br />

The continuing neglect of mother tongue-based<br />

multilingual education in linguistically diverse countries<br />

helps explain large disparities in education outcomes.<br />

While tracking language of instruction is fraught with<br />

technical <strong>and</strong> possibly political challenges, it is a key<br />

issue that countries <strong>and</strong> regions need to tackle head-on if<br />

no one is to be left behind.<br />

270<br />

CHAPTER 14 | TARGET 4.5 – EQUITY

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