One of the freed schoolgirls, who did not give her name, disclosed that one of the reasons why they've been speaking hausa in
the interviews is because of the trauma they are going through. They feel the Boko Haram insurgents are still
watching them so they switch to Hausa, the
dominant language
in the North without realising it because the insurgents hate anything that has to do with
Western education and the ability to speak the
English language is an indication to them that one has Western education.
According to report, one of the reason for this situation is the poor standard of education and the quality of teachers in
public schools across the state.
English language
is secondary as most of the teachers in the rural areas and the
students prefer speaking their own dialect either in the classrooms or
during school hours.
It was also gathered from one of the
teachers in the school, Mr. Amos Dawi, that Chibok and other schools in
the state have no English or
Mathematics teachers.
"Rarely
would students from JSS I to SS III have these teachers throughout
their stay in school. In fact, most of these students are not taught
English properly from year one to their final year," he said.
He added that the students share a part of the blame as they are more devoted to farming than their education.
An
educationist, Dr. James John attributed the poor quality of teachers to
lack of training and retraining of the teachers by the Borno State
Teaching Service Board.
A student named Yakubu Iliya said the
teachers were to blame because if the ones who are qualified do not take
their work seriously as they are hardly ever supervised by ministry
officials.
The Chibok girls reflected the quality of teachers in public schools in Borno State. Over 95
per cent of students in public schools in the State cannot express themselves in English, although, their written English is reportedly better
