Tag: illiteracy

Illiteracy
Edwin Okolo October 22, 2019

According to NMAC, 1 in 4 Nigerians are illiterate

65 million Nigerians that cannot read or write. That's the number that Prof. Abba Haladu, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Mass literacy, Adult and Non-formal education (NMAC)…

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Tolu February 11, 2017

#Impact365: How Angels of Hope Foundation is helping to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice

Angels of Hope Foundation is based in Kano and has championed notable causes like the Justice for Musa Movement in 2016. The NGO was able to garner attention to the…

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Tolu January 23, 2017

#Impact365: Goldfish Initiative is providing education to children in the poorest parts of Nigeria

There's an increasingly large population of Nigerian children who do not have access to education and are constantly being ignored by the government and until recently, most parts of the…

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September 11, 2013

Frightening stats: 35million Nigerian adults are illiterates – Minister

by 'Jola Sotubo In a major indictment of Nigeria's educational sector, the  Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday revealed that about 35 million Nigerians are illiterate. Chief…

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April 15, 2013

Scandal! Primary school distinction students ‘struggle to spell their names’ in post-graduation test (DETAILS)

by Rachel Ogbu Nine students who had distinctions in their First School Leaving Certificate examinations, were not able to write their names during another test conducted on them, it has…

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