Women in Mavoko Sub County have been encouraged to enrol in adult education so as to know how to read write and aquire basic entrepreneural skills.
Adressing six women groups in Athi River town on Monday, Rebecca Shiundu, reknowned sociologist in Nairobi told the women that that was the sure way of surviving inthis 21st century. Shiundu said it was not easy to prosper in this error as a women if you do not know how to read, speak little English or Swahili and compute simple arithmetics. She said the department of adult education offered opportunities for the women who missed formal education at their tender ages to go back to school and learn basics to enable them fit and successfully survive in the demand driven world. The sociologist said the women would use the skills to communicate in the society as thei underwent their daily businesses alongside doing financial arithmetics to avoid incurrying losses and make profits in their businesses. She called on the community at large not to look upon such women but promote and motivate them to make diffence in their lives alongside promoting their livelihoods. Shiundu however lamented that the Adult Education Department is experiencing harsh challenges nationally especially in teaching staff, noting that there are only four full time teachers in the subcounty while the other eight are volunteers. She called on adults who never attained class eight or form four certificates to take the opportunity and register in large number as adult students so as to get through basic education.