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The respondents were selected through purposive and convenience sampling techniques and data were collected from a sample of 162 Basic School Science. The questionnaire used for data collection was titled“Science Teachers’ Attitude towards the Use of Mother Tongue in Instruction Questionnaire (STAUMTIQ)”, which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.83 using the test-retest method.  \nDescriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyse the data. The findings showed that science teachers’ attitude towards the use of mother tongue for instruction in Basic schools was negative. Teachers’ gender, school type and teaching experience did not influence their attitude, while educational qualification influence their attitude towards the use of mother tongue for instruction in Basic Schools. It was recommended that teachers should be encouraged to implement the language policy provision on the use of mother tongue for instruction, especially in Basic Schools in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.  \nKeywords: Science, Teachers, Attitude, Mother Tongue, Instruction, Basic School  \nIntroduction  \nBasic Education has become an important part of contemporary world. Basic education is, therefore, considered to be a vital component of the formal education system, which plays a seminal role in the development of the individual and the society at large. Various efforts have been made by stakeholders in the educational systems of nations, across the world to ensure that Basic education is effectively implemented. In Nigeria, for instance, the 9-3-4 system of education, which stipulates and mandates the provision of 9 years of Basic education, 3 years of senior secondary education and 4 years of tertiary education is being operated (National Policy on Education, 2013) . Language plays an indispensable role as the primary medium of interaction among humans, especially in the school system. Language is, therefore, the prime means of instruction, transmission of knowledge, communication and feedback in the teaching-learning process in Nigerian Basic schools. Language facilitates the comprehension of various phenomena, ideas, concepts and knowledge in the school environment and the generality of the world (Adedeji, 2014; Alhassan & Ali, 2015; Emeka-Nwobia, 2015) . In the 9-3-4 system of education, English Language, which is the lingua franca of Nigeria, is widely used as a language of instruction in Basic schools. However, the National Policy on Education (2013) clearly stipulates that, the mother tongue shall be the prime language of instruction for the first three years of Basic education. That is, the lower level of Basic education or primary 1-3, while English Language shall be the medium of instruction for the subsequent middle basic school and upper basic school levels. By and large, Basic school pupils or students speak one or several languages. However, the mother tongue is the language of a child’s early social relations. The mother tongue is, therefore, also referred to as the first language, arterial language, local or native language. That is, themother tongue is the language a child speaks fluently with less effort or has learned from the cradle  \nand is, therefore, not necessarily the language of a child’s biological mother (Oribabor & Adesina, 2013; Awopetu, 2016) . The use of mother tongue for instruction has gained widespread attention in academic literature due to its numerous benefits in the field of education. The use of mother tongue in instruction facilitates the development of critical thinking skills and improved learning outcomes among learners, thereby significantly reducing the rates of repetition, ","cbCaiugU1RpQGnmz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiugU1RpQGnmz","pdf",253671,"English","# Introduction\n## Language policy in Nigerian Basic education\n## Mother tongue: definitions and instructional value\n## Evidence from prior studies\n# Research approach\n## Study design and sampling\n## Instrument and reliability\n# Results and discussion\n## Overall teacher attitude\n## Influence of background variables\n# Recommendations","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the study on science teachers’ attitude?\",\"answer\":\"The study examined science teachers’ attitude towards using the mother tongue for instruction in Basic schools.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the data collected and how reliable was the instrument?\",\"answer\":\"Data were collected from a sample of 162 Basic School Science respondents using a questionnaire titled STAUMTIQ, which had a reliability coefficient of 0.83 using the test-retest method.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors influenced teachers’ attitude toward mother tongue instruction?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers’ gender, school type, and teaching experience did not influence their attitude, while educational qualification influenced their attitude towards mother tongue instruction in Basic schools.\"}]","SCIENCE TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE USE OF MOTHER TONGUE FOR INSTRUCTION IN BASIC SCHOOLS | PDF",1792064782,25]