Abstract

This vignette describes how recent changes to Malawi&s;s language-in-education policy have moved away from supporting the use of learners&s; mother tongues at the lower primary level, clearly going against a wealth of international evidence suggesting this. It also presents the findings from an emergent research study consisting in part of interviews with various stakeholders in education, exploring how the English-only approach came into being and its current state of implementation.

Original language	en
Pages (from-to)	249-254
Publication status	Published - 2023