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'The idea of bringing Arabic and Chinese languages into our schools useless - St Sark

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'The idea of bringing Arabic and Chinese languages into our schools useless - St Sark

He further argued that if the Ministry of Education deems it necessary to expand Ghana’s language curriculum beyond English and French, Spanish should be the preferred choice rather than Chinese or Arabic.

Collage of St Sark and Ghana's Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu The Founder and Leader of Open Arms Ministry, St Sark, has issued a stern warning to President John Dramani Mahama and Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu over a reported plans to introduce Chinese and Arabic languages into Ghana’s basic school curriculum.

He cautioned that exposing young learners who are still developing their core identity to complex character-based and script-based languages like Chinese and Arabic could cause academic confusion and conflict with national values.

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