Papua New Guinea National Department of Education endorsed and authorized the use of more than 850 local vernaculars in the country to become the language of instruction of elementary schools in Papua New Guinea. The Department of Education envisaged that the bridging of learning from the known local vernaculars to English would enhance the skills and learning abilities of the young learners. However, this study found that the countries with no written orthographies like PNG found it difficult to use the local vernaculars as the medium of learning instruction. This study found that the 23...