Mother Tongue-Based Classroom Management as a Catalyst for Academic Excellence in Nigerian Primary Education

Abstract

The concept of this paper examined effective classroom management of public primary school 
pupils by the application of the mother tongue as an essential weapon for enhanced 
performance. On a specific note, sub-themes treated include: the concept of management and 
pupils' performance; justification for the management of primary school pupils’ classes with 
mother tongue; and strategies for effective mother tongue approach management. The 
discourse concluded and recommended among others, that, teachers of public primary schools 
across States and localities should fashion out and create improvised instructional materials 
that blend with the first language in consonance with the norms and culture of their 
environment; and that professional English language teachers should be employed and trained 
to provide unique teaching of the subject to pupils as second language.