Education
Restructure Non-Formal Education, Cleric Urges FG
The Federal Government has been called upon to re-structure the non-formal education programme to make it more functional and sustainable at the three tiers of government.
A former Abia Executive Director of the Agency for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non Formal Education, Rev. Uche Kalu Ibe, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday.
Ibe commended President Goodluck Jonathan for authorising the release of funds by the Education Tax Fund (ETF) for educational programmes, saying that adult learners should take active part in the unfolding political process.
“The non-formal education programme at the federal, state and local council levels should be restructured and re-packaged to accommodate the much needed programmes that will make it functional and sustainable”, he added.
Ibe, a former chairman of South-East Forum of state directors of Adult and Non-Formal Education, said the programme could be sustained through adequate funding, provision of instructional materials and clear expression of political will.
He further called for the support of state governors in efforts to make the programme a success.
Ibe said that adult learners could make meaningful contributions to the success of the 2011 general elections, adding that adult learners were expected to show adequate participation in the exercise.
The reverend gentleman, who is at present undertaking a campaign in the area of Mass Education, said that networking, innovation, advocacy and sensitisation remained useful tools to boost the efforts of government in the area of non-formal education.
He described Jonathan as a well focused leader who should be supported in efforts to sustain non-formal education in the country.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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