Non-Formal Education division holds welfare confab
This year’s National Welfare Executive Committee Conference of the Non-Formal Education Division (NFED) of the Ministry of Education has been held in Kumasi.
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It brought together all national welfare executive members, regional welfare chairmen and specially invited guests to discuss issues relating to the welfare of staff of the division.
Participants deliberated on the sustainability of the programmes of the division and ways to improve and expand the scope of its functions for national development.
In his opening remarks, the Chairman of the committee, Mr Edward Ocloo, impressed on participants to give of their best to ensure a successful conference.
Delivering the keynote address on the topic: “Literacy and sustainable societies", the acting Director of the NFED, Mr Charles Darlington Afare, asked participants to be conscious of the role literacy played in the provision and sustainability of improved lifestyles of societies.
He stressed that literacy was not just about educating illiterates but also a unique and powerful tool to eradicate poverty and a strong means for social and human progress.
He briefed the conference on strides made so far in the process of ensuring that the NFED become an agency.
Closing the conference, the Central Regional Director of the NFED, Mr Gideon Kojo Fianya, thanked all participants for their active participation and reiterated that literacy was an effective way to enlighten and arm society to face the challenges of life.
That, he said, would raise the level of personal living and ensure sustainability of development, peace and democracy in society.