The
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education,
Chiedu Ebie, says that the Delta state government is determined to
eradicate illiteracy through its SMART Agenda.
Ebie
disclosed this while speaking at the graduation ceremony of a three-month
Vocational Skills Acquisition Training programme held in Asaba, which was
sponsored by United States Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization,
UNESCO, in conjunction with the Delta State Agency for Adult and Non-Formal
Education for adult learners in four local government areas.
The
commissioner, said that government will not relent in repositioning the Agency
for Adult and Non-formal education through adequate funding, as well as well
ensuring that facilitators are paid their stipends as and when due in order to
realize the essence of establishing it.
Earlier,
the Permanent Secretary, Delta State Agency for Adult and Non-formal Education,
Chief Caroline Ajuyah, expressed joy
that one of the agency’s goals had been achieved and appealed to the state
government to replicate the programme in other local government areas of the
State.
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