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Parents’ attitudes of Seselwa in private schools in the Seychelles: Leveraging acceptance for Seselwa in education through the private school sector
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. (Teaching and Learning in the Humanities)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4429-5720
2024 (English)In: Rechèch Etid Kreyòl: Kreol dan ledikasyon, dan Losean Endyen e dan Karaib: listwar, levolisyon,e perspektiv sosyodidaktik / [ed] Penda Choppy, Haiti: JEBCA Editions , 2024, 1, p. 45-68Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Based on anecdotal evidence, it is often assumed that parents who send their children to all-English private schools in the Seychelles harbour negative attitudes towards the role of Seselwa in the education system. The current chapter seeks to investigate this assumption empirically. The survey data include the free text responses of 137 Seychellois respondents from five private schools, and categories of queries include Seselwa in family language policy; attitudes on the role of Seselwa in society and the role of Seselwa in education. Based on the responses, a more complex picture than what we initially expected emerges. Although it is generally acknowledged that English is important to secure students’ future higher education opportunities and socio-economic advantages, many parents also miss Seselwa in the private school system and would like to see revisions in curricula and language-in-education policies. This opens up for a reevaluation of the potential role of the private school system in elevating the role of Seselwa in Seychelles education. The final part of this article thus discusses the idea of private schools leveraging the status of Seselwa in education in the Seychelles, and explores potential frameworks for this, such as the setting up of a pan-Creolistics subject, Creole Studies, that could be introduced to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exam portfolios.

Abstract [fr]

Sur la base de preuves anecdotiques, on suppose souvent que les parents qui envoient leurs enfants dans des écoles privées entièrement anglophones aux Seychelles entretiennent des attitudes négatives à l'égard du rôle du Seselwa dans le système éducatif. Le présent article cherche à étudier cette hypothèse de manière empirique. Les données de l'enquête incluent les réponses en texte libre de 137 répondants seychellois de cinq écoles privées, et les catégories de requêtes incluent Seselwa sur la politique linguistique familiale; attitudes sur le rôle de Seselwa dans la société et le rôle de Seselwa dans l'éducation. Sur la base des réponses, une image plus complexe que ce à quoi nous nous attendions initialement se dessine. Bien qu’il soit généralement reconnu que l’anglais est important pour garantir aux étudiants de futures opportunités d’études supérieures et des avantages socio-économiques, de nombreux parents manquent également de Seselwa dans le système scolaire privé et souhaiteraient voir des révisions dans les programmes et les politiques linguistiques dans l’enseignement. Cela ouvre la voie à une réévaluation du rôle potentiel du système scolaire privé dans le renforcement du rôle du Seselwa dans l'éducation aux Seychelles. La dernière partie de cet article discute ainsi de l'idée d'écoles privées tirant parti du statut du Seselwa dans l'éducation aux Seychelles, et explore les cadres potentiels pour cela, comme la création d'une matière pan-créolistique, les études créoles, qui pourrait être introduite aux portefeuilles d'examens du Certificat général international d'enseignement secondaire (IGCSE).

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Haiti: JEBCA Editions , 2024, 1. p. 45-68
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Rechèch Etid Kreyòl, ISSN 2834-4685 ; 3
Keywords [en]
Seychelles Creole, Seselwa, Private schools, Creole Studies, language of education.
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Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
Research subject
Linguistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-123686OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-123686DiVA, id: diva2:1998143
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Swedish Research Council, 2022-03715Available from: 2025-09-15 Created: 2025-09-15 Last updated: 2025-09-17Bibliographically approved

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