Language is an essential component in development.
Without the ability to communicate what their real needs are, people risk having solutions imposed on them and being denied access to information which will assist them in becoming empowered to take their own decisions. This website aims to present the issues about the use of the most appropriate language for learning and provide information about events and websites where these issues are also being discussed. The acquisition of literacy skills in a familiar language is of crucial significance for escaping from, the poverty trap. Supporting language for literacy purposes is a means for enabling primary school children to benefit from the wider school curriculum and as a key step towards empowering them to participate more fully in the economic, social and political life of their community. Governments' language policies can affect poor communities by enhancing educational achievement, but there is also the risk that the overloading of the curriculum with too many languages, or a narrow focus on a minority language, may reinforce social and economic marginalisation.