COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STATE OF LITERACY IN NIGERIA AND CUBA

Authors

  • Yusuf Murtala Akanbi Department of Adult Education and Extension Services, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
  • Ladan Babangida Department of Adult Education and Community Services, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
  • Idris Usman Abba Department of Adult Education and Community Services, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
  • Auwalu Halilu Department of Adult Education and Community Services, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2013.v9n19p%25p

Abstract

Literacy has been identified as an important instrument through which any country can attain development. It is on this belief that government and people of Nigeria have taken the issue of how to increase literacy rates among children and adults as an important one. Despite this, Nigeria is among E-9 countries, which are countries that account for more than 50% of the world’s population and have the highest number of illiterates when her counterpart in other developing country for example Cuba has attained almost 100% literacy rate. It is against this background that this paper examines comparative analyses of the status of literacy in Nigeria and Cuba. Factors responsible for the state of literacy in the two countries were indentified and analysed. The paper concludes that Nigeria can learn from Cuba in order to improve her literacy status.

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Published

2013-07-30

How to Cite

Murtala Akanbi, Y., Babangida, L., Usman Abba, I., & Halilu, A. (2013). COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE STATE OF LITERACY IN NIGERIA AND CUBA. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 9(19). https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2013.v9n19p%p

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 19 (2013): ESJ July Edition

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Articles

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