Reinstate Efik language in your curriculum – Obong of Calabar tells WAEC

Obong of Calabar Executive Forum has called connected the West African Examination Council, WAEC, to reinstate the Efik connection successful their curriculum.

The Forum besides appealed to schools successful Nigeria to thatch the language.

In a connection signed by president of the Forum, Gershom Henshaw, they raised alarm implicit the delisting of Efik connection from WAEC curriculum, describing the improvement arsenic an battle connected the Efik people. 

Henshaw maintained that Efik connection is 1 of the wide spoken indigenous languages successful Nigeria, with a good developed orthography which was utilized successful translating the Bible successful the 19th century, arsenic good arsenic successful quality translation successful the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, NBC, successful the 1960s to 1980s and wondered wherefore it should beryllium dropped from WAEC syllabus now.

They listed efforts to prolong the Efik connection to forestall its extinction, including the instauration of assistance to students offering Efik connection successful WAEC and peculiar allowances for Efik connection teachers.

According to him, retired Efik connection teachers are to beryllium recalled to teach, arsenic good arsenic promote the airing of Efik connection programmes connected vigor and television, among others. 

Henshaw expressed displeasure astatine however Efik connection students were fixed Igbo question papers successful WAEC introspection to constitute successful spot of Efik subject, sayi...