The Use of Mother Tongue as a Medium of Instruction at the Early Grade Level: A Case Study of Some Selected Primary Schools in Bauchi State

Abstract

This research  work is going  to examine  the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction  at lower primary school level in  some selected primary schools in Bauchi state, However, the research work is to bring the awareness of teachers ,at primary school level, education administrators, critical stakeholders, curriculum experts, book publishers and host of others to be able to  the understand the use of mother tongue as a medium of instruction, and the benefits it gives to educational development of children and the society at large. As enshrined in the national policy of education. So that teaching and learning will become more effective. The study intends to adopt qualitative research approach, through purposive sampling technique. In addition, interviews will be conducted and questionnaires will be administered on the targeted primary schools in order to ascertain their responses. Participants of this study would be drawn from the 20-primary school across the (20) Local Government Areas of Bauchi State. In the same manner, (200) primary schools will be used for the study, ten (10) pupils from each of the 20 LGA.