Teachers, lawyers strike in battle for English
Thousands of teachers and lawyers in English-speaking regions of Cameroon are on strike, because they think the government is trying to marginalise them by imposing the French language on their schools and courts. Students in English-speaking regions are worried that they will not be able to succeed and get good jobs once they graduate, because […]
Thousands of teachers and lawyers in English-speaking regions of Cameroon are on strike, because they think the government is trying to marginalise them by imposing the French language on their schools and courts.
Students in English-speaking regions are worried that they will not be able to succeed and get good jobs once they graduate, because they do not get the opportunity to be educated and work in their mother tongue.
Teachers in the English-speaking regions are now on strike to help their students.
They want the government to stop sending teachers who only speak in French or Pidgin English to their schools.
Like teachers, Cameroonian lawyers say that the government is sending French-educated civil law judges who do not understand English common law to their courts.