By Aluta News
Mar. 20, 2022
The National Mass Education Commission (NMEC) has begun the certification of about 400 entities involved in mass literacy and skills learning processes in Kebbi.
The entities were both Non Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) and Governmental Organisations.
The North- West Coordinator of the commission, Alhaji Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, made this known while speaking with newsmen after inspection of the Almajiri Support Initiative of Nigeria (ASIN), Birnin Kebbi, on Sunday.
He noted that the NGO located in Kebbi Central Senatorial district was sincere and well organised in rendering service to the less privileged.
Abdul-Kadir also explained that the commission’s staff members, who arrived the state few days ago, were deployed to Kebbi North, South and Central Senatorial districts to monitor all the learning centres recommended by the state government for assessment.
“In fact, to be sincere, I am impressed most especially with this particular centre.
“When we arrived this centre, Almajiri Support Initiative of Nigeria, it is the best.
“What happened when we arrived, I did give training to other centres, trained them on what to do. We divided ourselves into three zones, the Kebbi Central, Kebbi North and Kebbi South.
“So, I sent the agency’s staff members to take care of the other zones while I remained in the Kebbi Central to overlook the activities of the monitoring and learning achievement in the state.
“We are here to understand the level of assimilation of our learners. These adult education centres are not only training their learners in vocational skills but also on literacy.
“We are happy meeting this centre because they (officials) have skills acquisition units for their learners.
“For that reason, we understood that they have standards for both literacy and vocational.
“I think that was the reason the State Literacy Commission selected this centre for us as the best to enable us to measure the performances of the learners,” he said.
Abdul-Kadir also disclosed that the state would start receiving trucks of writing and learning materials, which were recently dispatched by the commission.
“We always like to see this kind of centre, most especially an NGO of this kind.
“This shows that people did not leave all the work, the burden, to the government as they are partnering the government to eradicate illiteracy.
“Because that is our target, eradication of illiteracy. That is why our motto is: each one, teach one.
“When it comes to benefits, I can only give an example of one NGO in Sokoto, Almajiri in Gwadagbawa.
Earlier, the Proprietor of the Almajiri support initiative of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Umar, pleaded with the commission to provide the NGO a means of transportation to be monitoring the pupils at various vocational centres and their schools in the state.
“For the past 20 years when we started the organisation, more than 5,000 pupils have been trained on various skills while about 200 are currently undergoing training.
“The 200 pupils are undergoing various vocational trainings such as sewing, shoe making, cosmetic, vulcanizing, mechanic as well as literacy learning,” he said.
Also speaking, Malam Muhammed Rilwanu, a Continuous Education Officer at the state Mass Education Commission, disclosed that about 250 NGOs were operating in the state on literacy.
He said more than 200 of such were governmental organisations working hard to eradicate illiteracy across the state.
A Matron at the Almajiri Support Centre, Hajiya Khadija Bande, explained that many women, young and adults, had continued to embrace the literacy and skills acquisition training at the centre.
She added that,” Women are no more dependents in the area or ignorant in terms of knowledge.
“The initiative has created an opportunity for them to excel and cater for their families.”
NAN