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Speaking during the ceremony, Mr. Simon Gaithe the headmaster of the adult program in the ministry, said purpose of the training was to teach the unclassified staff on some basics in English speaking, writing and reading.
“I have been taking the adult learners in the training and at the beginning it was not easy at all but am happy that most my students showed commitment and determination during these period,” Simon said.
He further congratulated the learners for their active participation during classes and he announced the names of the best three adult literacy learners who included Phillip Kumboakpa, Wilson Smail and Mario Atovura out of the 20 that sat for the exams.
The 13 unclassified staff have now been promoted to the next grade.
Mr. Agrey Brown, the Director of Planning and Training said that the ministry is ready to support unclassified staff to reach a certain level where they will be able to carter for themselves.
The Director of Administration and Finance Mr. Baabe Ue Ranzi said that there is no age for school and all must take education as the first priority.
The Director General of Local Government Mr. Pasquale Kazina has emphasised that, any employee who will not take the training seriously will lose his or her job because they want the right people in the right place adding that all employees must continue with their adult education and go up to the University level.
Meanwhile, the Inspector for Alternative Education, Batu Christopher, on the occasion said that the program of adult literacy was launched in 2006 by the President Salva Kiir and later picked up in the state in the year 2012.
South Sudan literacy rate stands at 27 per cent according to a statement released by the national Ministry of Education in collaboration with UNESCO in 2013, making the new nation one of the least literate in the world.
Statistics estimate that 2.2 million people between the ages of 15 and 40 are illiterate and that only 1 in 10 women are able to read and write.
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