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Article Open Access August 13, 2024

A Study of the Implementation of the Language-In-Education Policy in Three Primary Schools in Ghana

Abudulai Rauf 1,*
1
Department of Humanities and Social Science Education, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 4, 2024)
Page(s): 197-212
DOI: 10.31586/ojer.2024.1046
Received
December 12, 2023
Revised
March 18, 2024
Accepted
July 29, 2024
Published
August 13, 2024
Keywords
English; Language-In-Education; Policy; Medium of Instruction; Teachers; Lower Primary; Interaction
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Rauf, A. (2024). A Study of the Implementation of the Language-In-Education Policy in Three Primary Schools in Ghana. Current Research in Public Health, 4(4), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2024.1046
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Rauf, A. A Study of the Implementation of the Language-In-Education Policy in Three Primary Schools in Ghana. Current Research in Public Health 2024 4(4), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2024.1046
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Rauf, Abudulai. 2024. "A Study of the Implementation of the Language-In-Education Policy in Three Primary Schools in Ghana". Current Research in Public Health 4, no. 4: 197-212. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2024.1046
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Rauf A. A Study of the Implementation of the Language-In-Education Policy in Three Primary Schools in Ghana. Current Research in Public Health. 2024; 4(4):197-212. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2024.1046 
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