The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education has expressed concern over the country’s high rate of illiteracy, saying over 60 million Nigerians are unable to read or write. According to the commission, Nigeria will not achieve its development aspirations until it checks the high level of illiteracy, given the millions of adults and youths in this category. The secretary noted that with the challenge of out-of-school children in the country, Nigeria is faced with a high illiteracy rate amongst its adults and youth population. Only 61 percent of 6-11 year-olds regularly attend primary school and only 35.6 percent of children aged 36-59 months receive early childhood education. Getting out-of-school children back into education poses a massive challenge,” the UN report says.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 23, 2020 10:20 UTC