The Federal Government says more than 8,000 learning centres have been established nationwide to expand access to adult literacy and non-formal education.
Dr John Edeh, overseeing the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), disclosed this on Wednesday May 13 in Abuja.
Edeh, who is also the Director of literacy and Development, NMEC, said the centres, spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), were designed to provide second-chance education opportunities for youths and adults who missed formal schooling.
According to him, additional centres are being opened under the Universal Basic Education intervention support fund to reach underserved communities.
Edeh noted that although the centres currently serve less than one million learners, government was scaling up operations to enrol an additional 50,000 to 100,000 learners within six months.
Edeh added that literacy programmes were now integrated with vocational skills to enhance economic empowerment of beneficiaries.
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