NFED REWARDS FACILITATORS IN 3 DISTRICTS (PAGE 20)

Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua

A NUMBER of facilitators engaged by the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of education in the Suhum, West Akyem and the East Akyem districts who have for over a year taught illiterates to read and write, particularly the English language, without being offered any payment, were at the weekend given incentive packages.
The volunteers, who also educated the adult learners aged between 12 and 60 on government policies and equipped them with vocational skills to enable them to generate income for their livelihood, were presented with sewing machines, roofing sheets and ghetto blasters.
At Suhum where a total of 901 learners passed out after undergoing the exercise, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Michael Kofi Mensah, praised the 32 facilitators for their volunteerism.
He said their efforts had helped not only to make it possible for the illiterate learners to read and write, but also enabled them to be abreast of government policies.
The Eastern Regional Director of the NFED, Mr Lawrence Saka, said the government was committed to the education of adult illiterates, who for some reasons could not benefit from formal education.
He appealed to the illiterates in the region to take advantage of the opportunity to upgrade themselves.
The Suhum District Director of the NFED, Baafuor Akrofi, said his outfit would be organising competitions on reading to add the interest to the programme.
At Asamankese where the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for West Akyem, Mr Kwabena Sintim Aboagye, distributed the items to the beneficiaries, he said the assembly would always support any initiative to educate illiterates in the area.
He advised the facilitators to make good use of the items.
The East Akyem MCE, Mr Emmanuel Victor Asihene, who also handed over the items to the beneficiaries in the district at Asiakwa, appealed to the facilitators to educate the adult learners on government policies.