The Katsina State government has announced plans to open literacy classes for repentant terrorist in the state as part of efforts to reintegrate them into the society.
This was revealed by the executive director of the state’s agency for mass education, Bilkisu Muhammad-Kakai, in Katsina on Sunday.
She said: “The agency is ready to deploy facilitators to run the classes, where both Islamic and western education will be offered to change their behaviour and lifestyle.
“We will liaise with local government chairmen to open the classes in phases. The core subjects are islamic and western education.”
The executive director, who reviewed the performance of the agency within the last six months, said the agency had opened 68 new adult education classes.
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Muhammad-Kakai further explained that government had also opened a basic post literacy Clclass at Katsina Correction Centre.
“The Basic Post Literacy Class is to assist enrolled inmates to reach up to university to obtain a degree certificate,” she added.
According to her, she toured all the local government areas and inspected adult education classes and women centres to assess their condition.
She said the state government had made financial provision in this year’s budget to address problems facing them.
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