ADULT illiteracy is one of the causes of slow progress and development in the country, says Joel Safo, a lecturer at the University of Technology Communication for Development Studies.
While the country is focusing on educating the nation by providing free basic education for our next generation, little has been thought of the illiteracy rate among adults, he said. Most of the adults in the rural areas are still illiterate and a big percentage of those in urban areas are not able to read or write in English. Safo said this required immediate Government attention and intervention. “Even though most Papua New Guineans use their local vernacular and pidgin to go about their lives, they still need to know the basics in speaking, reading and writing English to be able to take part in some activities,” he said. “I have conducted a case study with four illiterate adults, teaching them the day-to-day languages and their usage to include in my research paper and I’ve seen that it had a positive outcome,” Safo said. Safo, a teacher with more than 18 years of experience, raised the issue while presenting a paper titled “Tailoring adult literacy programmes to people’s everyday needs” at the Linguistic Society of PNG 49th annual conference this week.
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