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School children from Tonga s Ha apai Islands.
Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson
Last month Education Minister, Siaosi Sovaleni, announced plans to introduce English as a second language for classes one to three. The English language was currently being offered to students in class three through song and poetry.
Tongan academic, Dr Ana Taufe ulungaki, said there were two reasons as to why she believed the English language should not be taught at such a young age.
Taufe ulungaki said global research revealed that the best language to teach a child was their mother tongue, a language in which both child and teacher could communicate and understand each other in.