International Literacy Day: Kwara First Lady Urges Stakeholders To Ensure Quality Education

The Kwara First Lady, Dr. Olufolake AbdulRazaq and founder of Ajike People Support Centre has called on policymakers, stakeholders to join forces to ensure children have access to quality education to mark the International literacy day.

According to the statement made available to newsmen, the Kwara first lady charged all stakeholders to ensure that children continue to learn during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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She said the International Literacy Day is used to bring the challenges of illiteracy back home to local communities where literacy begins: one person at a time.

“It is a common responsibility to ensure that children keep learning during and after this global crisis”,

The first lady said that children require free access to quality educational resources and technology, adding that the world needed to adopt a more inclusive learning system.

About International Literacy Day

This day was founded by a proclamation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1966 to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights.

International Literacy Day is observed yearly to raise awareness and concerns about literacy problems that exist within local communities as well as globally.

This year's theme seeks to check improvements in the global educational system pre-COVID-19 period and during, and how discussions of educational policies have affected the reality on ground today.

Globally, over 1.2 billion children in 186 countries are affected by the disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic due which led to the forceful economies shut down so as to curtail the spread of the virus.