Imagine Nigerian kids finally grasping lessons in Yoruba or Igbo with flashy apps and hands-on gadgets—instead of struggling through English-only drudgery. Prof. Aderonke Kofo Soetan just dropped this blueprint in her 295th Unilorin Inaugural Lecture, urging schools and government to make it happen!
The Educational Technology expert hammered 21st-century shifts: ditch teacher lectures for student-driven learning powered by mother-tongue instruction, culturally-rooted resources, and tech like Opón-Ônka apps, interactive boards, AI language tools.
Enforce National Language Policy for early-grade mother-tongue teaching (Yoruba shines for literacy foundations), train teachers on improv gadgets from local scraps, build resource centres, and get parents chatting indigenous languages at home to seal cultural continuity.
Assistive tech for special needs kids, field trips over abstraction, animations beating rote memory—preserve Nigeria’s linguistic goldmine while prepping global competitors. Prof. Soetan: “Invest now, or watch education lag!”
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