| dc.description.abstract | In 1998, the Namibia Educational Research Association (NERA) was approached by the then
coordinator of the Educational Research Network in Eastern and Southern Africa
(ERNESA), Dr P. T. M. Marope, to invite NERA to participate in a regional policy research
project, which was being funded by The Government of the Netherlands through its Embassy
in Harare. Realising that this was a great opportunity to contribute to the debate on language
policy, and with a view to presenting the findings to the Presidential Commission on
Education, Culture and Training which was then being established, NERA immediately
agreed to present a proposal for consideration.
Two members of NERA, Professor Karsten Legère and Mr Richard Trewby from the
University of Namibia, prepared a proposal on language policy, after discussions with the
Research Unit of the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED). The Research
Unit of NIED had already planned a research project on language issues in Lower Primary
pre-service teacher training and they agreed to cooperate on the language policy project.
This Report is the result of their work and NERA hopes that it will contribute significantly to
the formulation of appropriate policies for language in education in Namibia. | sv |
