Ugandan Conservative Unhappy With Proposed Language Overhaul: "Our Kids' Future Will Be Culturally Confusing"

A classroom in Uganda

From The Observer (Uganda): "Prof James Kigongo, a senior lecturer at Makerere University’s department of Philosophy has decried the lapse in teaching local languages in favour of foreign ones, calling it a conceptual confusion."

The article continues about the Conservative Party member: "Kigongo’s complaint follows running battles between the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) and several civil society groups which believe the NCDC wants to eliminate teaching Luganda and Arabic in favour of Kiswahili and English [the latter of which is the national language]. 'Our children’s future is characterized by conceptual confusion because, on the one hand the government is talking about importance of culture and, on the other, appreciating external cultures more,' Prof Kigongo said."