Zim Now Writer
Midlands State University National Language Institute executive director Professor Wiseman Magwa on Monday revealed that Primary school science textbooks will soon be available in the main local languages, Shona and Ndebele.
Speaking during the International Mothers Language Day in Gweru on Monday, Prof Magwa said the project will see children at primary level having a better understanding of science as they will learn it in a language they are familiar with.
“We are currently working on a big national project to translate primary school level science textbooks into Shona and Ndebele.
“We just finished it and those who want to write provisional examinations can just go and indicate whether they want to take the tests in Ndebele or Shona at their nearest Vehicle Inspection Department depots,” he said.
The MSU National Language Institute has also done major language projects of national importance through translating documents into officially recognised indigenous languages of Zimbabwe.
The institute has translated the Constitution of Zimbabwe, National Development Strategy 1, Covid-19 awareness messages, the National Youth Policy and the National Disability Act.
Recently it translated President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 43rd Independence Day speech in all the country’s recognised languages including Sign Language and Braille.
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education deputy Minister Raymore Machingura said they were crafting a policy on the teaching of indigenous languages.
The theme for this year’s edition of the countrywide African Languages Week is: African Languages for Sustainable Food Security, Cultural and Socio-economic Development for the Africa We Want”, with the slogan “#What We Speak and What We Eat Makes Africa Great.”
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