Seychelles is a multilingual nation with French as its official language alongside English, Creole, and other local languages. The country's education system aims to balance linguistic diversity while fostering national unity. The analysis employs qualitative interviews with educators, surveys of school curricula, and secondary data from national education reports to evaluate current language policy effectiveness. There is a notable disparity in academic achievement between students who predominantly use the official languages (French or English) versus those who rely on Creole or local dialects. Current language policies in Seychelles need refinement to better accommodate linguistic diversity, particularly by increasing bilingual and multilingual education resources. The government should invest more in developing bilingual curricula that integrate multiple languages, enhancing teacher training programmes for effective bilingual instruction, and monitoring student performance metrics across all linguistic groups.
Ngantombet et al. (Sat,) studied this question.