Secretary General of Organisation of Educational Cooperation (OEC), Sheik Manssour Bin Mussallam has called on Nigeria and other member states to revive indigenous languages to save them from extinction.
He made the call in Abuja yesterday during a visit to the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Sheda, Abuja.
Mussallam who was on a first official visit to Nigeria said the purpose of OEC is to contribute to the equitable, just and prosperous social transformation of societies by promoting balanced and inclusive education.
OEC was established on 29 January 2020 by Latin American, Caribbean, African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Pacific Island countries at the International Summit on Balanced and Inclusive Education held in Djibouti.
He said it is working with member states and their institutions to provide technical support as articulate in financial and capital investment for the development of indigenous technologies.
The Secretary General commended Nigeria for becoming one of the first member states of the OEC to fulfill and take very concrete steps towards the fulfillment of the commitment taken within the Universal Declaration of balancing inclusive education of ensuring the mother tongue education as an essential component of equitable social development
