Governor Ambode Sets To Enrol 3m Illiterate Lagosians To Adult School To Make Them Self-reliant And Employable
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday assured that plans are underway to enrol no fewer than three million illiterate adult residents in literacy schools in order to accelerate its plans of making the state Africa’s modern mega city.
Speaking at the official global launch of a new literacy programme tagged ‘Eko n’ kekoo’ (Lagos is learning) organised by the agency for Mass Education in the office of Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Education, Ambode who was represented by his deputy Dr. Oluranti Adebule said a minimum level of literacy was required as basic literacy was also essential for economic empowerment in the state.
Punch reports that the governor said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation statistics showed that 54 million people were illiterate in Nigeria, adding that the number was larger than the population of South Africa.
”In Lagos, research shows that 13 per cent of the population, that is three million persons, are illiterate. This level of illiteracy is unacceptable. The number will not help the vision of Lagos as Africa’s model megacity.
This is because illiterate persons lack essential life skills which make them vulnerable to the activities of criminals and other anti-social groups.
Our goal is to achieve 100 per cent literacy in the state. Towards this end, we plan to increase the number of basic adult learning centres from 532 to 1,000.
We will also engage additional 1,000 facilitators, who will be trained in basic skills and techniques in the teaching of adult education. I encourage residents of Lagos to take this opportunity to learn,” the governor said.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Obafela Bank-Olemoh, said the initiative was aimed at making illiterate adults self-reliant and employable.
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