The project is being implemented by School for Life, an NGO operating in the northern region.

The learners, who were drawn from four districts in the region including Savelugu, Nanton, Tolon and Kumbungu, comprised 1,324 females and 1,722 males.

This was after the learners went through a nine-month intensive teaching and learning from facilitators on how to identify vowels, consonants and other basic learning skills.

School for Life is currently implementing the CBE (Alternative Learning Programme) across the country, enabling out-of- school children to undergo classes to acquire basic skills in their mother tongues to enable them to enroll in the formal school system.

Mr Abdul-Manaf Alhassan, Project Manager of GEOP at School for Life, made this known at an event, held at Daasuyili in the Tolon District, to commemorate this year's International Literacy Day celebration.

This year's celebration was on the theme: "Promoting Multilingual Education: Literacy for Mutual Understanding and Peace".

As part of the celebration, three communities in the district including Dingoli, Daasuyili and Nyujagyili participated in a competition to examine their understanding of the lessons taught during the nine-month period.

Each of the communities presented two contestants for the competition, and they later received school bags and other learning materials as their prizes.

Mr Alhassan underscored the significance of literacy towards the empowerment of individuals and communities and said it facilitated rapid socio-economic development.
He called for more efforts from various stakeholders to prioritise the provision of learning facilities to ensure that more marginalised communities and learners have access to quality education and basic literacy skills.

Alhaji Alhassan Sumani, Tolon District Director of Education, commended School for Life for complementing the efforts of government towards addressing illiteracy in the area.

He touched on the importance of literacy and said it played a key role in addressing inequality, poverty, deprivation, and hunger, urging parents to encourage their wards to go to school.
He advised learners to be serious and embrace hard work and determination to help sustain their educational journey.