The National Mass Education Commission has distributed 10,800 radio sets to communities in the North-East zone to facilitate the successful implementation of its Literacy by Radio programme.
The North-East Zonal Coordinator of the commission, Yelwa Abubakar, on Wednesday stated that the programme was designed to enhance literacy level through non-formal schooling adding that the radio sets were distributed to nomadic and farming communities, physically challenged persons and women groups in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states.
The coordinator said the commission distributed 1,800 radio sets to each of the states and would also provide N2.6 million each to facilitate the smooth execution of its various programmes. The commission is working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Millennium Development Goals Office, the NTA and FRCN to enhance the literacy level in the country.
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