Ogun State Government through its Agency for Mass and Lifelong Education has taken the campaign against Illiteracy to market places and motor parks in Remo North, Yewa North and Ijebu-East Local Government Areas of the State, as part of moves to encourage mass literacy among the residents and tackle out of school challenges in the state
Director in the Agency, Miss Abosede Odulesi during the sensitisation drive, encouraged people that had missed the opportunities of attending schools, to take the advantage of the free adult literacy and skills acquisition initiative of the government and enroll at the centre closer to their environment, saying textbooks and other writing materials would be available at no charges.
Miss Odulesi, noted that education remained a powerful tool for personal and socio-economic development to achieve greatness in life, adding that people who could read and write would have their lives transformed and be independent to take certain decisions and leave up to expectations in their chosen endeavours.
The Director also intimated that government had also provided opportunities for different vocations, such as garment making, hair dressing, catering and hospitality, shoe making, cosmetology, barbing among others for people who could be interested to learn one trade or the other.
"I want to encourage our adults and youths, especially people who are incapacitated to pay to learn a trade to maximise the opportunities of free Vocational and Skills training provided by the government and learn any trade of their choice", Odulesi said.
Appreciating the Prince Dapo Abiodun led
government for upgrading their status from illiterate to being literates, Mrs. Christianah Ogunleye and Olatunde Ajoke of Ayetoro centre, as well as Jimoh Quadri of Itele centre, testified that before attending the adult school, they could not read or write but presently, they can read, write and speak publicly.
Also, a beneficiary of free Vocational Skills, Juliet Akinleye, confirmed that the training was free with adequate equipment supplied at no cost
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