Kinyarwanda learning materials at Jean de la Mennais kindergarten in Burera district, rural Rwanda in February 2016.
CREDIT: GPE/Alexandra Humme
 
The International Mother Language Day, celebrated each year on 21 February, is an opportunity to promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. What actions are planned to promote literacy and national languages in Africa? The ADEA Inter-Country Quality Node on Literacy and National Languages (ICQN-LNL) provides an overview of the situation.
 
This is the second blog post published in 2019 as part of the collaboration between the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).