The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal
Education is focusing on strategies to increase literacy level as more
than 38 per cent of Nigerians have been described as illiterates.Its
Executive Secretary, Prof. Abba Haladu stated on Friday that the level
of illiteracy was a big challenge.“The available statistics with us
shows that 62 per cent of Nigerians are literate and 38 per cent are
non-literate. The out-of-school children are 11 million, while the
non-literate Nigerians, that is the youth and adults are about 60
million, so put together. We have about 70 million citizens of Nigeria
who cannot read and write or who lack basic skills for modern living .So
that is a big challenge for any nation, and that is why we are trying
to sensitise and mobilise all stakeholders, including government at all
levels, federal, state and local, Non-Government Organisations and
international development partners. So that together we should do the
needful to ensure literacy is provided to this large number of Nigerian
citizens.So we can have even development and ensure our people are
well-equipped and empowered to face the challenge of becoming the third
most populous country in the world in the next 32 years.’’He said that
adequate resources would be required to provide literacy to the large
number of non-literate citizens.“Well this requires a lot of things in
terms of planning, budgeting – that is, allocating the necessary
resources, in terms of mobilisation and implementation of tangible
programmes, that will lead to educating the people or making them
literate and also ensuring they acquire the necessary skills.“The
programmes include for instance, basic literacy, where people learn to
read and write equivalent to primary three, then post literacy were
people continue and learn to the level equivalent to primary education
and there after continue in education programmes for completion of post
literacy.“All those that starting schooling and left because of one
reason or the other and then the acquisition of vocational skills ,
entrepreneurial skills and off course life-long learning in general.“So
there are various programmes targeting youth, adults and out of school
children, which are being implemented by state agencies for mass
education, National Commission For Mass Literacy, National Commission
For Nomadic Education and indeed other partners.“What we are saying is
that there is need for the resources to continue to implement these
programmes so that the reach out will be wide enough to cover
everybody.’38% of Nigerians are illiterates -A National Commission for Mass Literacy
The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal
Education is focusing on strategies to increase literacy level as more
than 38 per cent of Nigerians have been described as illiterates.Its
Executive Secretary, Prof. Abba Haladu stated on Friday that the level
of illiteracy was a big challenge.“The available statistics with us
shows that 62 per cent of Nigerians are literate and 38 per cent are
non-literate. The out-of-school children are 11 million, while the
non-literate Nigerians, that is the youth and adults are about 60
million, so put together. We have about 70 million citizens of Nigeria
who cannot read and write or who lack basic skills for modern living .So
that is a big challenge for any nation, and that is why we are trying
to sensitise and mobilise all stakeholders, including government at all
levels, federal, state and local, Non-Government Organisations and
international development partners. So that together we should do the
needful to ensure literacy is provided to this large number of Nigerian
citizens.So we can have even development and ensure our people are
well-equipped and empowered to face the challenge of becoming the third
most populous country in the world in the next 32 years.’’He said that
adequate resources would be required to provide literacy to the large
number of non-literate citizens.“Well this requires a lot of things in
terms of planning, budgeting – that is, allocating the necessary
resources, in terms of mobilisation and implementation of tangible
programmes, that will lead to educating the people or making them
literate and also ensuring they acquire the necessary skills.“The
programmes include for instance, basic literacy, where people learn to
read and write equivalent to primary three, then post literacy were
people continue and learn to the level equivalent to primary education
and there after continue in education programmes for completion of post
literacy.“All those that starting schooling and left because of one
reason or the other and then the acquisition of vocational skills ,
entrepreneurial skills and off course life-long learning in general.“So
there are various programmes targeting youth, adults and out of school
children, which are being implemented by state agencies for mass
education, National Commission For Mass Literacy, National Commission
For Nomadic Education and indeed other partners.“What we are saying is
that there is need for the resources to continue to implement these
programmes so that the reach out will be wide enough to cover
everybody.’
