GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LANzGUAGE POLICY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This descriptive survey was carried out in order to determine the governments’ involvement in the implementation of the National language policy in secondary school in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. A random sample of 602 language teachers completed a corresponding copies of questionnaire designed for the study. Out of 599 copies of questionnaire distributed, about 98.8% return rate was properly completed and returned. Data were analyzed using mean () and standard deviation. Results showed that the government would be involved in the effective implementation of the national language policy to a great extent except in 2 that indicates very great extent with the mean ()of  = 3.19. The results of the study showed that non-organization of a special awareness campaign for the learners of Nigerian languages, the need for seminars and workshops for the teachers, and lack of proper motivation to Nigerian language teachers to improve their teaching performances. The study supports the need for the government to be fully involved in the implementation of the national language policy.