Vignette: Researching language education policy in Namibia
: Norro Soili
: Reilly Colin, Chimbutane Feliciano, Clegg John, Rubagumya Casmir, Erling Elizabeth J.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
: Abingdon, Oxon
: 2024
: Multilingual Learning : Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
: Multilingual Learning: Assessment, Ideologies and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
: Routledge Series in Language and Content Integrated Teaching & Plurilingual Education
: 243
: 248
: 978-1-032-32977-2
: 978-1-003-31155-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003311553-16
: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003311553-16
This vignette sketches the development of the language education policy in post-independence Namibia and discusses why it is English-centred despite the fact that other, more multilingual options were originally suggested.