More must done to promote Indian languages
THE Minority Front recently asked the Minister of Education parliamentary questions about the teaching and learning of Indian languages in KwaZulu-Natal public schools.
The following responses were received: in 2007, about 82 000 pupils from 368 schools opted to study Indian languages. Through the years the numbers dwindled drastically and in 2020 only 1 888 pupils were studying Indian languages with 142 of those registering to write the National Senior Certificate exam.
These figures tell us that neither our government, the Indian community, or the Pan SA Language Board have succeeded in making significant progress to
