The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, has commenced a two-day training for enumerators on automated data collection tools aimed at tackling challenges of out-of-school children.
Speaking at the training in Abuja today, the Acting Executive Secretary of NMEC, Dr John Onimisi, said that the exercise was designed to return more than 500,000 learners in the first phase of the programme.
According to him, the enumerators are to capture data on youths aged 15 years and above who dropped out of school or never had the opportunity to continue their education.
He also noted that the emphasis of the programme was not only on literacy but also on vocational training.
Onimisi added that the initiative would cover all 774 local government areas of the federation, noting that 376 enumerators from the 36 states and the FCT had been on-boarded, while 250 facilitators would drive the exercise in Abuja.