Mrs. DIMEJESI IJEOMA
Publication Title LANGUAGE AS A CATALYST FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND MASS SENSITIZATION
Publication Type journal
Publisher ANSU Journal of Educational Research ANSUJER
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Publication Authors DIKENWOSI CLEMENT IJEOMA & DIMEJESI SOPHINA IJEOMA
Year Published 2018-06-23
Abstract This paper examines the roles of language as a catalyst in the Nigeria educational system and mass sensitization. This article acknowledges the peculiarities of the pluralistic nature of Nigerian languages and the demand they make on effective communication and education. Languages, whether indigenous or foreign, are used for teaching all disciplines in the curricula of educational institutions. It x-rayed the impact of Nigerian indigenous languages in the educational system with critical evaluation of the National language policy. The paper also listed some of the challenges bedeviling the language policy which did not favour the indigenous language but empowered English as a gradual replacement for Nigerian local languages in our educational system. This paper also examines the roles of language as a vessel for mass sanitization. It identifies languages used in Nigeria for social mobilization as English language, pidgin and local languages. Language is however the weapon for achieving the goals of educational instruction and mass sensitization geared toward the "Holistic Education for contemporary Africa" and if English survives in this multilingual environment, it must be domesticated..
Publication Title THE IMPERATIVE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATION AGENDA IN AFRICA: NIGERIA IN FOCUS
Publication Type journal
Publisher Interdisciplinary Journal of African & Asian Studies
Publication Authors Clement Ijeoma Dikenwosi, Sophina Ijeoma Dimejesi
Year Published 2019-08-24
Abstract This paper examines the imperatives of indigenous languages in the multilingual, muilti-ethnic socio-linguistic milieu of Nigeria against the backdrop
of the threats of their imminent extinction. It presupposes that laudable
government programmes such as the anit-graft, anti-corruption campaign, the
re-branding Nigeria project, deregulation, security, peaceful co-existence, etc,
can only succeed if the grassroots are sensitized and carried along speaking
their own languages. It interrogates the role of indigenous languages vis-a-vis
the sustenance of democratic values, conflict prevention and resolution, peace
building, national re-orientation and electioneering campaign leadership. It
concluded with a number of recommendations that if taken beyond merely as
academic exercises, can catalyze an indigino-lingual renaissance of sorts in
Nigeria.
Publication Title BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDES THROUGH INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AND ENHANCED LIFE-STYLE AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN NIGERIA
Publication Type journal
Publisher ADECT 2021 PROCEEDINGS
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Publication Authors DIMEJESI SOPHINA IJEOMA; IHEZUONU GOODNEWS CHINASA; DIKENWOSI CLEMENT IJEOMA; AND NWAOKORO VALERIE
Year Published 2021-05-01
Abstract Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has
since its inception been a global phenomenon which has
orchestrated industrialization, economic growth and
civilization in most countries of the world especially the
developed nations such as America, Canada, Japan etcetera.
It has continued to enhance educational and technological
advancement in these countries while on the other hand, there
is a big gap in the case of developing countries. This gap also
known as digital divide or barrier is the bane of most sub –
Saharan – African countries including Nigeria. This means that these countries are not enjoying ICTs as much as the
developed countries. The effects of course are enormous as there
are no remarkable industrial development especially in the
rural areas. In Nigeria for instance, students in rural
communities do not have access to ICTs and so cannot compete
with their urban counterparts who are enjoying a bit of it.
This is an aberration information is power and it is in the
right of every human to have access to it. Reasons abound
for this lack but the major one being inappropriate mode of
enlightenment. English language is usually employed which of
course should not be because aside students, other rural dwellers
are illiterates indigenous languages therefore should be utilized
in educating them on the usefulness of ICTs. The researchers
of this work are therefore advocating that this method can
adequately bridge the digital divide among the rural populace
thereby ushering in innovation in education and other human
endeavour throughout the nation.
Publication Title Exploring Language, Media As A Vessel For Social Mobilization And National Integration
Publication Type journal
Publisher Hofa: African Journal of multidisciplinary Research HJAR
Paper Link https://zenodo.org/records/1478589
Publication Authors Dikenwosi, Clement Ijeoma , Dimejesi, Sophina Ijeoma
Year Published 2018-11-01
Abstract The mainstay of a nation and its political system is the presence of virile communication and
information institutions championed by a responsive media. This paper is an excursion into the
role of language as a catalyst for social mobilisation and national integration. This paper
acknowledges the peculiarities of the pluralistic nature of Nigerian language and the demand
they make on effective communication. To a positive extent, the effectiveness of any language is
a function of how much it is able to carry the masses along with the happenings in the society.
This lays emphasis on matters of information, persuation as well as public relations; and without
doubt, language forms focus here. With languages like English, Pidgin and to a reasonable
extent local languages performing needed functions in the society, and especially through the
mass media, social mobilisation becomes a success. The paper also views the media as a fertile
ground where languages could be planted in order to produce the necessary information,
persuation and public relations that can motivate and mobilise the people to the positive
direction
Publication Title PRIORITIZING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Publication Type journal
Publisher Journal of Teacher Perspective
Paper Link https://www.globalacademicgroup.com
Publication Authors Clement Ijeoma Dikenwosi, Sophina Ijeoma Dimejesi
Year Published 2015-07-22
Abstract Innovation is a catalyst that enhances positive development in
education and this has been receiving attention of educationists and
researchers across the globe. In organizational context, innovation is
viewed as deliberately bringing into existence and practice something
new, so as to enhance performance and growth through improvement
in efficiency and effectiveness. This paper examines the importance of
indigenous languages in the development and transformation of
nations. For Nigeria to be positively transformed, it has to pay adequate
attention to codifying its languages (that is developing orthographies,
dictionaries and grammar). It further examines the various ways in
which the diverse linguistic resources of Africa could be harnessed in
the service of the continent. The indigenous speakers of these
languages should change their negative attitudes towards these
languages. Technological and Scientific terms should be translated into
the various languages to make teaching and learning easier.
Publication Title EXPLORING INDIGENOUS ORAL LITERATURE AS A PANACEA FOR NATIONAL UNITY AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION.
Publication Type journal
Publisher Humanities and African Values
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Publication Authors Clement Ijeoma Dikenwosi & Sophina Ijeoma Dimejesi
Year Published 2018-07-06
Abstract The trajectory of Nigeria's political predicament was matched by several attempts at a literary depiction of our collective situation. This paper considers the stylistic critical approach to the study of selected ethnic oral literature (oral poetry to be precise) in Nigeria. Its findings confirm ample insights into copious similarities in interests, worldviews and values across the various ethnic groups in Nigeria. These findings constitute an effective tool for National integration, unity and transformation. The paper recommends the preservation, propagation, teaching and learning of Nigerian oral poetry across ethnic frontiers with emphasis on its unifying properties as a means to achieving national unity and development in the country. This paper further dovetails into a comparative study of Nigerian oral literature, and that of some notable African countries. The paper also indicates how folk songs and African orality and creativity adds value to the peaceful coexistence in Africa.
Publication Title Language Use as Elixir for Gender Inequality and Discrimination against Women and Girl Children in Nigeria
Publication Type journal
Publisher Interdisciplinary Journal of Gender and Women Development Studies
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Publication Authors DIKENWOSI, CLEMENT IJEOMA & DIMEJESI, SOPHINA IJEOMA
Year Published 2022-05-22
Abstract Gender inequality in education as it affects girl children and women have been an age long, highly problematic issue which has persistently plagued the world especially the Sub-Saharan African countries including Nigeria. According to UNICEF, of 759 million youths and adults in the world, two-thirds of them are women. Most girl children and women are denied access to formal education. This in essence implies that boys enjoy quantitative formal education more than girls which of course a an aberration. And the reason for this abnormality is largely due to cultural and societal mindset and erroneous belief and practice that value boys more than girls. This gender inequality is mostly prevalent in Nigeria and it has constituted a bug in the lives of women folks. Women hardly make progress in many areas of life, be it political representation, economic and decision making policies and lots more. Education is power, it shapes people's lives and paves way for someone's progress; and it is the right of every human person irrespective of sex to enjoy and acquire this noble endowment. When therefore, a particular set of people are prevented due t one reason or the other from partaking in what rightly belongs to them, it becomes abysmally wrong and so, needs to be corrected through proper means and which is through language education. This work therefore posits that enjoying indigenous languages to educate and orientate people especially the rural illiterate dwellers can actually bridge the gap of gender disparity against women and girl children in Nigerian populace.
Publication Title INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE: A LEVERAGE FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Publication Type journal
Publisher south/south journal of women in college
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Publication Authors DIMEJESI, SOPHINA IJEOMA
Year Published 2018-04-11
Abstract the problem of marginalization of women and their low participation in politics and on making has been attracting a lot of attention from scholars. The fact that women are stakeholders in the developmental project of any given nation cannot be swept under the Also the fact that the biological and physiological make-up of women and men are t is clear, that notwithstanding they still share common features with men in areas of educational qualification, socio-economic status, occupational dexterity to mention but a few. Yet are marginalized in almost all spheres of public life. In Nigeria for instance, there is ship exclusion of women in public meetings, lopsidedness in political appointments at the ment of women and some other forms of relegation. Foreign language such as English age has also been the chief medium of communication in political terrain instead of most languages. This has not been helpful as women at the grass root level are losing out. has as well made them to lose focus in politics forgetting the fact that every human person gal right and freedom to exercise his or her political franchise whether as a leader or as a er. This paper therefore is concerned with the option of indigenous languages as leverage men participation in politics for national development. To this end, the paper takes a look language is, its importance to the society and the role of education in this regard since the and education cannot be separated. The work believes that if language education is early implemented, women's quest for political participation will accelerate greatly.
Publication Title SPELLING ERRORS IN IGBO NAMES AND THEIR EFFECT
Publication Type journal
Publisher Agbor Journal of Languages and Literature
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Publication Authors DIMEJESL, SOPHINA IJEOMA
Year Published 2018-04-22
Abstract Name is a special endowment a person receives at birth from his parents or elders. No h person exists without a name. A nameless being is a faceless being. Names are always pecu the persons bearing them. According Wikipedia, name is a word or words by which a per designated or distinguished from others. Towns, cities and countries are also given s names which distinguish them from others. Names are not given arbitrarily. Names especi humans go with meanings depending on the circumstances that associate with the pe birth. There is no known name without a meaning. So meaning is of paramount importa name selection in Igbo culture for instance. However, these meanings as crucial as they ar being distorted due to wrong spellings of most Igbo names. This has resulted in me obscurity and is highly regrettable. This paper therefore tries to correct the wrong impr whereby most Igbo people become so lackadaisical in the spelling of their names. The discusses as well the indispensability of name and the concept of meaning, then goes ahe highlight some of the observed spelling errors in most Igbo names Also insight to morphological processes that operate in Igbo names are given. Finally, a list of a number of names with their meanings and correct spelling are also given.
Publication Title CURBING THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY IN NIGERIA VIA Ver 919 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE & GIRL CHILD EDUCATION
Publication Type journal
Publisher SOSOJOWICE
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Publication Authors DIMEGESI SOPHINA IJEOMA
Year Published 2020-06-12
Abstract Despite the public outcry and outright condemnation via the UN prohibition of the illicit social activity called modern slavery, it still persists across the globe. Going by the global estimates, as enunciated by Alliance 8.7, about 40 million people are enslaved world wide. These innocent and unfortunate people experience torture and all sorts of inhuman treatments ranging from forced labour, prostitution by coercion, sexual harassment on girl child including early marriages. In this 21st century, many countries of the world including Nigeria are still into slavery, despite the fact that it has been outlawed. In North Korea, Global Slavery Index had it that about 2.8m people are slaves in that country. Nigeria is not an exception as it was rated highest for having the largest number of enslaved people in sub-Saharan Africa. In all these, the girl child remains the most vulnerable victim. Most of them are lured into human trafficking via slavery by trick, and at times by force. Why they fall victim most times sex is because of ignorance and illiteracy. They are not educated through proper means. The challenges of modern slavery are enormous and need to be addressed. Therefore, in this write-up, the researchers posited that the most effective solution for curbing this menace is through the use of indigenous languages to educate the girl child especially the rural dwellers.