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Adult Literacy Uncovered and the Need for Equal Educational Opportunity for All

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  • Muhammad Alkali

    (Department of Adult Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria)

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Nigeria is signatory to the universal declaration on human rights which listed among other things the right to educate as one of the fundamental right of citizens. Right from our national policy on education to the government and societies general attitudes to special adults in the literary arrangement, there is a glaring deficiency and lack of commitment in carrying these segments of our neglected society along. Available statistics shows that the segment accounts for over 25 million, which shows that this mass of citizens had all this while been neglected, abandoned and prevented from contributing to the socio economic development of the nation, rather they are made of no relevance and a menace to the society, to the shame of a great country like Nigeria. This paper therefore seeks to draw the attention of government, the society and all concerned to the need to redress this anomaly and rather turn this ugly trend to the benefit of those concerns and the nation in general.

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  • Muhammad Alkali, 2019. "Adult Literacy Uncovered and the Need for Equal Educational Opportunity for All," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 3(1), pages 41-44, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:3:y:2019:i:1:p:41-44
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