CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

(240222) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students raise hands to answer questions during a class at Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School in Foumbot, Cameroon, Feb. 19, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonian schools embrace mother tongue education to preserve cultural heritage" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

(240222) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students take notes during a class at Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School in Foumbot, Cameroon, Feb. 19, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonian schools embrace mother tongue education to preserve cultural heritage" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

CAMEROON-EDUCATION-MOTHER TONGUE

(240222) -- YAOUNDE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students take notes during a class at Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School in Foumbot, Cameroon, Feb. 19, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroonian schools embrace mother tongue education to preserve cultural heritage" (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)

Cameroon commemorates Int'l Mother Language Day

STORY: Cameroon commemorates Int'l Mother Language Day SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:48 LOCATION: BAFOUSSAM, Cameroon CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of schools and pupils 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUCCESS ABOFEGEH, Pupil of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BELINDA BAFOR, Teacher of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): CLARISSE NDAM MEGANCHE, Founder of Les Normaliens Lay Private Bilingual School 5. various of schools and pupils 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GILES NDZE, Pupil of the Progressive English Nursery and Primary School STORYLINE: Cameroon is commemorating the International Mother Language Day, which falls on Wednesday this year, by teaching local languages in schools. There are about 260 indigenous languages in Cameroon, but only French and English, inherited from colonial masters, are official, according to the Ministry of Secondary Education of the country. It is important to emphasize