Edo State government will begin training of teachers of Edo language and History from next month, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said.
The governor, who spoke in Benin City when he received a report of a committee of selected academics in Edo/Benin History from the University of Benin and other universities, said the state should have a common language as means of communication.
He hailed his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for initiating the teaching of Edo language.
Obaseki said the teachers would be posted to selected public schools after training.
He said a linguistic laboratory would be built in the proposed Tayo Akpata University of Education, while teachers will be motivated to learn and teach the language.
“We will make investment to train teachers to teach the language and we will motivate them to do so because they will teach the language with other subjects,” the governor said.