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Promoting The French Language Is Important – Education Minister

21-Jan-2019
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Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has said there is the need to promote the French Language across the country.

He said a study conducted by the Foundation for International Development Study and Research revealed that if countries share a common language it boosts their international trade by about 30 per cent.

He said this was because the common language factor makes it easier for businesses to move across borders.
Dr Opoku Prempeh said this in a speech read on his behalf at the launch of French E-Learning Platform (FeLP), initiated by Espace Francophone Ghana in partnership with Crystal Galaxy College and Metlite.

The platform aims at providing Ghanaians and other Anglophones with a modern and convenient tool for the learning of French, whereas, learners would be assisted by an online network of both Ghanaians and non-Ghanaian tutors.

Dr Opoku Prempeh said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a fluent French speaker, strongly believes that bilingualism was part of a quality education and represents an asset for access to employment especially multilateral businesses.

He said whereas formal international trade within West Africa is estimated to be just about five per cent of the sub regions’ total trade, the informal international trade was estimated to be at least three times this number with people travelling across the borders to trade.

He said although there seems to be several challenges facing such traders, the most prominent is the French-English language divide, as such, if Ghanaians learn French, the number of transactions within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) could increase.

He said the ability to communicate in multiple languages was becoming more and more important in the increasingly integrated global business community, and that French was one of the important global working languages.

“Of course, English being our official language gives us important leverage, but to go the extra mile to acquire language skills in French puts us at an extra advantage”, he added.

Source: GNA

 

 
 

 

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