The Executive Director, Adamawa Agency for Mass Education, Charity Dubi, says a total of 9,476 Internally Displaced Persons were enrolled and trained in various segments of non-formal education programmes in the state.
Dubi told newsmen in Yola that the development was part of the agency’s achievement with the support of National Mass Education Commission and USAID.
She noted that the beneficiaries were mostly those that found themselves as IDPs in the state and who missed or never had opportunity to attain formal education.
“The Agency had enrolled, trained and certified a total of 9,476 IDPs in seven LGAs and 116 learning centres across the state.
“The achievements include provision of learning materials to the Internal Rescue Committee for the IDPs adults and youths.
“The development was recorded with the collaboration of National Commission for Mass Literacy and Education Crisis Response (ECR),’’ Dubi said.
She noted that with the phasing out of ERC, the agency was finding it difficult to sustain any centre due to lack of funds to pay facilitators’ allowances.
Dubi listed the local areas where the programme held to include Girei, Fufore, Yola South, Yola North and Shelleng.
Others include Numan and Song areas, she said, adding that the agency also scaled up additional 25 learning centres in Mubi South, Maiha, Jada and Toungo LGAs.
The director described insufficient running cost and non compliance of local government councils for remittance of their two per cent of internal revenue as some of the major challenges facing the agency.
“Also lack of facilitators to open literacy centres across the 21 LGAs in the state and lack of official and monitoring vehicles are among the challenges affecting effective service delivery of the Agency,’’ Dubi said.