Chris Uchenna Agbedo is a Professor of Linguistics and the Director, Centre for Igbo Studies , University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
How does this year’s observance intend to address the related issues of language endangerment and extinction? The central theme flowers into three inter-connected sub-themes – enhancing multilingual education as a necessity to transform education in multilingual contexts from early childhood education and well beyond; supporting learning through multilingual education and multilingualism in our fast-changing global contexts and in crisis situations including emergencies contexts; revitalising languages that are disappearing or are threatened with extinction.
In light of this year’s central theme, which highlights multilingual education as a game-changer for transforming education, we envision the central role that CIS is positioned to play within the multilingual context of the University of Nigeria community.
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