A Radio Literacy Programme in Jigawa State’s Agency for Mass Education will now allow People Living With Disability (PLWDs) to get an education.
Dr Abbas Abubakar, the Executive Secretary of the agency, who revealed this on Tuesday, August 1, in Dutse, the state capital, also added that the centre was launched in Aujara village in Jahun Local Government Area, and 25 PLWDs have already been registered.
He stated that the agency thought to include persons with disabilities and weak and underprivileged people in the state to boost the overall literacy rate.
Abbas stated that each new learner, consisting of 20 men and five women, has been provided with a solar-powered radio to participate in the programme.
The development is part of the state government’s dedication towards the inclusive provision of education to all categories of people, including individuals with disabilities, vulnerable as well as disadvantaged people in the state.
The executive secretary stated that the programme strives to eradicate illiteracy in the state, mainly among adults in rural regions.
Abbas further said that the programme would be aired on Radio Jigawa, where learners will listen using their radio sets.
The programme was launched to praise the efforts of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-formal Education (NMEC) in promoting mass literacy in the state.
Last year, the NMEC supported the agency by donating about 307 radio sets and other instructional materials as part of its efforts to promote mass literacy in Jigawa.
The instructional things comprised 307 memory cards, 307 2A, 2B and 2D exercise books each, 52 Compact Disks (CDs) Master, 307 sharpeners, 307 pencils, 300 Forms C, 290 literacy by radio learners primers, and six registers.
The radio sets were disseminated to 300 learners as well as seven facilitator centres in Birnin Kudu, Dutse, Kaugama, Taura, Kafinhause and Gumel LGAs.
The major benefiting centres are Limawa in Dutse, Kangire in Birninkudu, Yalo in Kaugama, Jabo in Kafinhausa, Majiya in Taura and Garin Gambo in Gumel.
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