NMEC, Oyo govt establish learning centre in Akinyele LG

Oyo State government, through its Agency  for Adult and Non-Formal Education, in collaboration with the National Commission for  Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Abuja,  has established  a   vocational  training and youth  empowerment development centre  at Otun–Agbaakin in Akinyele  Local Government Area of the state.

At the inauguration of the centre last  Wednesday, the Commissioner for Education, Professor  Adeniyi  Olowofela,  commended  NMEC and the Universal Basic Education  Commission (UBEC) for their  support for the ongoing vocational skills and literacy  development in the state, just as he urged the beneficiaries to utilise the centre judiciously.

Speaking in the same vein, the Executive Secretary, NMEC, Professor  Abba  Haladu, said that the idea of community learning centres was conceived by the commission as a model that  integrated  all elements of adult and non-formal education programmes into one operational centre.

According to him, in an attempt to link literacy with survival skills or  vocational education, as a way of addressing the challenges of employable skills among  youths in the country,  the commission constructed about 13 community learning centres  across the country and equipped them with furniture items, as well as skills acquisition training facilities.

While commending the Federal Government for its  support for literacy  and skills education development in Oyo State, the Acting  Executive Secretary, Oyo State Agency for Adult  and Non-Formal Education, Mrs Funke   Bolarinwa, reiterated   the determination   of the state government to transform and restructure the state through  literacy  development  in urban and rural settlements.

She  enjoined  community leaders to join her agency in its  illiteracy eradication programme across the state.