Editing Medium of instruction (section)

===Africa===
* In [[Tanzania]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]] is used in [[primary school]]s and adult education, whereas English is used in [[secondary school]]s and [[university|universities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/learn_kiswahili.html |title=Kiswahili |access-date=2001-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010417124135/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/learn_kiswahili.html |archive-date=April 17, 2001 }} Tanzania National Website</ref>
* In [[Zimbabwe]], the use of English, [[Shona language|Shona]] and Ndebele is established in education until the fourth grade; from the fourth grade, English is the medium of instruction.<ref>[http://www.worldcp.org/zimbabwe.php?aid=519 5.1.9 Language laws] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184222/http://www.worldcp.org/zimbabwe.php?aid=519 |date=2014-07-14 }} // Zimbabwe. International Database of Cultural Policies</ref>
* In [[South Africa]], students are taught primarily in their home language from Grade Zero (Reception Year) up to Grade 3. From Grade 4 onwards, English is the default language of learning and teaching, except for a minority of schools in which [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] is used. The national curriculum requires that all students study at least two official languages as separate subjects, one of which must be studied at home language level and the other at least at first additional language level. The most common home language among the school population is [[isiZulu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LlfRGMZxPRg%3D&tabid=422&mid=1261 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912013214/http://www.education.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LlfRGMZxPRg%3D&tabid=422&mid=1261 |archive-date=2012-09-12 }}</ref>
* In [[Nigeria]], the medium of instruction at all levels of education (primary, secondary, universities and colleges) is English.
* In the francophone states of Africa, education has typically been in [[French language|French]] only.
* In [[Ethiopia]], [[Amharic]], [[Oromo language|Oromo]], and other Ethiopian languages serve as the medium of instruction in primary education, while English is used in secondary schools and universities (French had been the medium of instruction in public schools pre-1936).