Rwanda: Let Me Throw My Two Cents in This English-French Debate

31 October 2008
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Kigali — I'm not going to debate the various merits and demerits of the Ministry of Education's plan to make English the language of instruction in schools across the country.

I'm not going into the politics of its all i.e. the need to integrate into the East African and, possibly, the Commonwealth system; the perceived bad feeling between our nation and the Francophonie and its mother country, France; or the obvious need to enjoy the comparative advantage that being English speakers gives a country - more especially in light of the trends in globalisation.

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