By Enock Okong’o
Residents of Kisii County have been asked to indigenous languages when giving out instructions to their children.
Speaking to education stakeholders in Kisii Cultural Hall, former high school teacher Obino Nyambane talked of how using a child’s first language provides a firm foundation for the delivery of quality education.
‘The current education system, Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), factors in indigenous languages. How will it succeed unless parents become the first teachers of their children at home?’ he wondered.
Nyambane appealed to the Kenya Institute of Curriculum (KICD) to incorporate experts of indigenous languages in their team to help in the development of the new curriculum.
The long serving teacher of Kiswahili language and Theatre, who is now one of the directors in the Ministry of Culture, Women and Children in Kisii county, talked of starting a school that will teach all the basics of indigenous languages to those interested in studying such languages.
He appealed to the government to establish indigenous language centres in every county to help in the development and preservation of indigenous knowledge.
