National Policy on Education: Problems and Prospects for Teaching and Learning of Igbo as a Second Language in Nigerian Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study looks into the teaching and learning of Igbo as second language in some selected secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria against the background of the Nigerian National Policy on Education (2004) which established the teaching of second Nigerian languages in secondary schools. Survey research design involving questionnaire, observation and oral interview was used to obtain data from eighty junior secondary school students and four Igbo language teachers from four secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions and recommendations were proffered for the concerned stakeholders to enhance the successful teaching of Igbo L2 in order to fulfill the recommendations of the Nigerian Policy on Education pertaining second language education. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n2p371