Non-Formal Education Division - Central Region

The NFED of the Ministry of Education (MOE) is responsible for coordinating literacy activities in the country and direct implementation of the National Functional Literacy Programme (NFLP).

 The nation-wide program aims at reducing the number of illiterate adults in the country and equipping participants with developmental information and functional skills in the domains of life skills, occupational skill, civic awareness and health.

MISSION

The Non-Formal Education exists to improve the life of the illiterate adult especially the rural poor and women by providing quality functional literacy.

DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE

The program’s development objective is to increase the number of functionally literate adults especially rural poor and women.

SERVICE RENDERED

The following are but not limited to the service rendered by the Non-Formal Education.

1. Provision of quality literacy services to new groups in reading, writing, numeracy in 15 Ghanaian Languages namely Akuapem, 
2. Twi, Asante Twi, GaNzema, Dangme, Ewe, Fante, DagbaniBuli, Gonja, Guruni, Kasem, Kusaal, Dagaare and Sisaali and in English.
3. Sustaining the literacy skills of neo-literates through the creation of a literate environment.
4. Improving the quality and efficiency of monitoring, evaluation and research.
5. Promoting the application of acquired functional skills toward self and Community Development.
6. Developing and upgrading the occupational skills of learners, particularly income generating groups, to be efficient users of financial credit.
7. Using radio and print materials to compliment, support and promote literacy. 

PROGRAMME COVERAGE AND SUPPORT

The NFLP is being in all the 10 regions of the country. Offices in the regions and the districts are manned by coordinators. 

Each district is divided into zones manned by zonal supervisors. These supervisors directly oversee literacy activities and

 the work of volunteer facilitators in communities under their jurisdiction.

In collaboration with development partners, Government has and continues to support the programme since it’s launching 

in 1991. The programme’s major sponsor during NFLP 1 and 11 was the World Bank. Others were the British Department 

for International Development (DFID), the Norwegian and Japanese Government, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

 and the Canadian Organisation for Development of Education (CODE).

ACHIEVEMENTS OF NFED

The National Functional Literacy Programme has impacted positively on the lives of its beneficiaries. Phase I,

 implemented from 1992-1997 turned out 1.2 million adult learners while phase II (2000-2006) also graduated over one 

million learners. The graduants were equipped with reading, writing, numeracy, life skills, good citizenship, civic awareness

 and income generation skills to enable them contribute effectively to the development of their communities and the nation at large.