The Relevance Of Mother Tongue In The Achievement Of Constructivist Science Classroom Environment At The Primary Education Level In Nigeria

This paper aims at discussing the relevance of mother tongue in achieving a constructivists’ classroom environment at the Primary education level in Nigeria. Philosophical research methodology was employed in this study. The study reveals that the relevance of mother tongue as a medium for instruction includes increase access to instruction and equity, improve learning outcome, socio-cultural benefits such as sustainability of acceptable social values and norms, lower costs of education and, encouragement of creativity and improvisation skills. The author recommends that studies be carried out to examine the level of implementation
of the recommendations of national policy on education on the use of mother tongue as a medium at lower levels of education in Nigeria