NAIBU wa Waziri wa Elimu, Sayansi na Teknolojia Eng. Stella Manyanya akiwadodosa wananchi wa Kijiji cha Kilaladewa katika kitonji cha Vigulu, kata ya Ibumu wilayani Kilolo, mkoani Iringa kutaka ili kujua kama anaweza kusoma na kuandika wakati wa mkutano wa hadhara uliofanyika kijijini hapo juzi. (PICHA NA FRIDAY SIMBAYA)
Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology Eng. Stella Manyanya is disappointed with the level of people who cannot read, write and count (Illiteracy rate) in Iringa Region, which is about 18 percent.
Iringa Region has a total population of 941,238 according to the Census of Population and Housing in 2012.
Eng. Manyanya made the remarks yesterday during her visit to follow up the non-formal education centers, coverage centers and adult education in Iringa region.
She said the figure of people who cannot read, writing and calculating is growing and require the government's efforts to achieve international targets of reducing illiteracy rate.
She said that she wishes to see in the forthcoming census of population and housing the illiteracy rate in Iringa region and the whole country is narrowing.
During the visit Eng. Manyanya visited a number of primary schools with integrated post primary education (IPPE) including cMwaya, Tumaini, Ikuvala, Mtua, Ibumu and kilalakidewa all of Kilolo district, Iringa region.
Speaking to the people of Kilalakidewa village of Ibumu ward of Vigulu sub-ward, in a public meeting, the deputy education minister urged parents and guardians to ensure they enroll all children of school age in order to reduce the problem of people who cannot read and write.
Earlier, Kilolo District Commissioner Asia Abdalla in her report to the deputy minister of education, said the district has a total of 10,373 adults, including 3,892 men and 6,482 women who don’t know how to read, write and count.
She said that such information is in accordance with the statistics collected by the department of education in the period October 2016.
The district commissioner said that she would make sure the district is implementing its role of providing education for all and to ensure that every child of school age has the opportunity of education.
Kilolo district has a total of nine stations (9) of the program of basic education for those who missed it (MEMKWA) with a total of 198 pupils among them 121 boys and 77 girls.
For his part, deputy education officer of Iringa, Richard Mfugale on behalf of the regional administration secretary, said that the region runs adult education and education outside the formal system program.
He said that the region has a total of 18 MEMKWA classrooms with a total of 338 pupils among the 205 boys and girls are 133.
Mfugale said that the adult education in the region is faced with numerous challenges in its implementation.
He mentioned some of the challenges that are honoraria for program to pay facilitators and enablers who stop and search for other activities.
Other challenges are the lack of teaching and learning materials as well as a shortage of financial resources for the monitoring program of MEMKWA.
Another challenge is the budget deficit of the program monitoring unit in adult education and education outside the formal system.
Meanwhile, the deputy minister of education, science and technology Eng. Stella Manyanya is disappointed with the state of infrastructure MEMKWA classes in some primary schools in Kilolo district, Iringa region which is unsatisfactory.
In addition, Eng. Manyanya appealed to heads of schools in the country establish MEMKWA classes in their schools and stop using volunteer teachers who teach those classes.
She said that some schools have enough teachers and urged to resources available to teach MEMKWA classes hence reduce discrimination for MEMKWA pupil by calling education students outside the formal system.
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