THE Federal Government has set aside $ 6.43million trust fund aimed at revitalising the adult and youth literacy project in the country. Executive Secretary of National Commission for Mass Education, Alhaji Jibrin Paiko, disclosed this in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, during the training of trainers of literacy facilitators in the state.
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He said that the objective of the programme was to strengthen national capacity for the delivery of quality literacy programme to the estimated 40 million illiterates in the country with a view to achieving the education for all and education related MDGs by the year 2015.
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On the training of the facilitators, the Executive Secretary said that the objective was to improve skills and knowledge of no fewer than 4,107 facilitators across the country with an average of 111 facilitators per state.
Adult Illiteracy is really something we're battling as Nigerians so I must commend the federal government for this move. Makes a lot of sense.