This month, the Rwandan government changed the official school language for young students from English to Kinyarwanda to both ease the transition to school and to preserve Rwandan culture. But many oppose the change, arguing that frequent educational changes create instability and that Kinyarwanda is not useful internationally.
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by Alexandrine Mugisha Reporter, Thursday - March 24, 2011
KIGALI, RWANDA – Akanyana Ange, 8, started first grade last month.
She plays in the front of her classroom during break time with two of her classmates, all in dark and light blue uniforms. She is more relaxed at school now after the government decided this month to change the official school language for young children from English to Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s mother language.
Akanyana says she struggled in nursery school because she was not used to the new language.
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