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We ’ll Eradicate Illiteracy By 2015- FG
The Federal Government has intensified moves to eradicate mass illiteracy in Nigeria by 2015, saying the target is a task that must be accomplished.
Director, National Mass Education Commission (NMEC), South-South Zone, Ambassador Lolo Scharlastica Nkememena, gave the hint in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, during the formal opening of the state-level training of literacy facilitators under the Federal Government Revitalising Adult Youth Literacy Programme.
The director stated that the training, which is ongoing in the 36 states of the federation, is intended to build the capacity of adult literacy facilitators to impact maximally in the teaching of adult illiterates at their respective centres.
He assured the Federal Government’s commitment to work with stakeholders, and donor agencies such as UNESCO, to ensure that adult illiteartes in Nigeria were able to read and write as well as compute figures to meet up with modern trends of development and effectively manage their environment.
She called on the participants to take the training seriously so as to achieve the desired objectives.
Declaring the event open, Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi, commended the efforts of the Federal Government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the move to eradicate mass illiteracy.
Dame Lawrence-Nemi, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education, Richard Ofuru, said that the Federal Government initiative was being domesticated in the state to ensure that Rivers State takes the lead in the eradication of mass illiteracy.
The commissioner added that the Rivers State Government was fully committed to the development of the non-formal, technical and vocational education to replicate the giant strides already recorded in the formal education sector.
In his remarks, Executive Director, Rivers State Agency for Adult and Non-formal Education, Port Harcourt, Mr Paul Paschal Nwanikpo, said that the training, which involved 111 participants would be pilot-tested in the three local government areas of Khana, Gokana and Degema before its deployment to the other 20 local government areas of the state.
The director hinted that the agency was fully prepared with the support of the Rivers State Government to anchor the pilot programme to successful implementation.
He thanked UNESCO, NMEC, and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sponsorship of the training.
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
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