Language of Schooling

The optimal language for literature and educational materials is not the same for all Zay areas. The data gathered during the current study points to Zay as optimal for the islands on Lake Ziway and Oromo as optimal for the lakeshores. However, the Zay people living on the islands would probably be well served by Amharic literature and educational materials until most of them immigrate to the shore or the Oromo educational system causes a shift in preference to Oromo. Zay’s case is one of an endangered language that could prove to be a development success story, but only if the level of motivation for a language development project is high enough to initiate and sustain the effort.

2009 Study for the Council of Europe ****
https://www.coe.int/en/web/platform-plurilingual-intercultural-language-education/language-s-in-other-subjects ****
See three other studies (adopting the same methodolology) on sciences litterature and mathematics.
Version française disponible dans la section "Langue de scolarisation" du présent site.

2009. Study for the Coucil of Europe.***
See also three studies (with the same methodology) on sciences, litterature and mathematics ****
https://www.coe.int/en/web/platform-plurilingual-intercultural-language-education/language-s-in-other-subjects