All candidates seeking admission into all tertiary institutions in Lagos State must henceforth possess credit in Yoruba Language, the state Yoruba Lan
All candidates seeking admission into all tertiary institutions in Lagos State must henceforth possess credit in Yoruba Language, the state Yoruba Language Preservation and Preservation Law has said. The law, which became effective last week, would now make compulsory for all primary and secondary schools private or public in the state to include teaching of the Language as a core subject at all levels.
The Yoruba Language Preservation and Promotion law provides that all the laws in the state will be translated into the Language. Moreso, all state-owned tertiary institutions are to incorporate the use of the Language in the General Studies (GNS) courses.
“The use of the language shall be an acceptable means of communication between individuals, establishment, corporate entities and government in the state if so desired by the concerned. It shall not be an offence for a person to speak the language by the state government,” the law reads in part.
Specifically, the law stated that any school in Lagos State that fails to comply with the provisions of Section 2 commits an offence and is liable on first violation to issuance of warning and on subsequent violation be closed down and also pay a fine of N500,000.
