User:Essential Nretia29/sandbox

I am writing as a concerned citizen, a student and a stake-holder of education to alert all other stake-holders and concerned citizens about the state of the Nzema language in basic schools, senior high schools and the universities.

Currently, the teaching and learning of Nzema is excessively fading in schools at all levels of education. Pupils in the basic schools have no teacher to teach them. In the senior high schools, the situation is worsened by lack of interest. This is a line of action extending from the college of education where student-teachers are not allowed to study the language because they are few. Upon inquiries, administrators at the colleges of education (Holy Child and Enchi) explained that policies of the University of Cape Coast do not allow few number of students to pursue or register a particular subject. However, experience indicates that students from different language background pursue their native languages and even sit for examination, regardless of the number. As a former assistant examiner, I have witnessed, on several occasions, individual students(sometimes one) who have sat in the midst of Nzema students to write their native languages at the BECE and WASSCE levels. As a result of the situation at the colleges, the native Nzema teacher is compelled to register Twi and Fante. Hence, the Nzemaland is losing teachers who can teach the language. At the university, specifically, University of Education, Winneba, School of Ghanaian Languages, Ajumako, age has been used to disqualify the only Master of philosophy in Nzema student who has successfully completed the programme and is ready to assist the only lecturer who lectures the B.A Nzema students from level 100 to 400. This situation of our language has cultural, economic and political implications that need addressing.

I believe that if nothing cannot be done this time, then nothing at all can be done at any other time. Because this is the time in which the land has a daughter as Minister for Tourism whose mandates include the promotion of culture and language. It is within the same time that a son of the land is Deputy Minister of Chieftaincy Affairs who, in similar way to the first, has the mandate of promoting the language and chieftaincy.

I humbly call upon you and all stake-holders who see eye to eye with me about the state of our Nzema language and the possible loss of our name, pride and culture, to come together for a meeting to discuss the way forward to this problem. I am, by this letter, soliciting views on date and venue for the gathering. I look forward to your concern and immediate response.

SETH NRETIA ESSIEN