What is it about?

This study investigates the factors that affect or compel African students towards the pursuit of higher academic degrees in their native languages. It employed an inferential statistical method, namely Structural Equation Modelling. Thus, the study's findings are is empirically validated as opposed to previous studies that were grounded on mere scholarly conjectures

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Why is it important?

This research is important as it gives readers the understanding of what could come African students in learning their own indigenous languages in higher education. It provides directions for policymaking as I underscores pertinent issues that explain the relatively low enrollment rates of students in Indigenous language programs in higher education in Ghana and other African countries

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I think this paper reflects the current reality regarding the status of the ingenious languages in Africa

Dr Ernest Nyamekye
University of Cape Coast

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This page is a summary of: Indigenous language learning in higher education in Ghana: Exploring students’ behavioral intentions using an extended theory of planned behavior, PLOS One, June 2024, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304390.
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