NMEC, UNESCO Ready to Tackle Illiteracy In Nigeria, Trade 111 Adults in Oyo
NMEC’s Executive Secretary Alhaji Jibrin Paiko spoke yesterday at the conference hall of the Oyo State Ministry of Education.
Paiko, who was represented by Mr. John Edeh, said the training was aimed at revitalising the adult and youth literacy project.
He said the Federal Government provided $6.43 million for the training.
Paiko said the programme was to ensure the education of the 40 million illiterates in Nigeria to achieve the Education for All (EFA) goal and education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
He said in May, 433 facilitators were retrained at the universities of Ibadan, Maiduguri, Kano, Nigeria, Benin and the IBB University in Lapai to improve their skills.
Paiko said there are about 4,107 facilitators across the country and an average of 111 facilitators per state.
He said: “Nigeria, as other Sub-Saharan African countries, has a high number of illiterates, comprising children, youths and adults, who have never attended school. A large percentage of these are girls and young women. Hence, the on-going Revitalising Adults and Youth Literacy project focuses on the promotion of access, equity, quality and innovations in non-formal education through the integration of functional, vocational, and entrepreneurial skills into basic literacy.”
Paiko urged the resource persons and participants to justify the huge resources committed to the training.
Commissioner for Education Adetokunbo Fayokun said the state government had released funds to the State Agency for Adult and Non-formal Education (Oyo AANFE) for its empowerment programmes.
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