By Emmanuella Sarfo
The Member of Parliament for Ahanta West in the Western Region, Mavis Kuukua Bissue, has announced a collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce Ahanta language instruction in schools across her constituency.
Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, July 2, the MP expressed concern over the increasing preference for English among local children, which she believes is leading to the gradual loss of Ahanta cultural identity.
She explained that the initiative seeks to preserve and promote the heritage of the Ahanta people by encouraging the youth to learn and speak their native language.
鈥淲e want to teach Ahanta in schools. I have engaged GES, Bible translators, and other people who have been able to put the vowels and consonants together. We have also trained some teachers, and hopefully, very soon, the language is going to be taught in schools.”
鈥淚 am still pushing at the top, engaging with the Minister of Education so that we can include it in the curriculum. Most children want to speak English, and even parents want to speak English to their children, forgetting that it is not our language. We should train up a child in the way they should go, starting with our native language,鈥 she said.