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Echono made this known on Thursday at the Federal Government College Otobi, during the inauguration of a pilot Literacy Centre for the North Central Geo-Political Zone.
According to him, Literacy Centres to be established in 104 Federal Government Colleges are aimed at reducing the high rate of illiteracy at the low cadre of the staff of the institutions, stressing that the Federal Government designed the literacy programme to cater for them and others in the host communities.He said literacy was both a social and human right issue and called on the learners at the pilot centre to remain committed and take their studies with all seriousness.
He explained that the programme would equip its beneficiaries with literacy and numeracy skills to be able to handle challenges of life.
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