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Low enrolment of Murang'a men in adult literacy classes worries government

Majority of those enrolled in the programme are women. PHOTO: FILE

MURANG’A: Low enrolment of men in adult literacy classes in Murang'a County has been blamed on poor eye sight and fear of being ridiculed by their learned peers.

The concerns have been raised on low enrolment following a revelation that only 19 percent of males unable to read and write in the region have been registered in adult education centres in all the eight sub counties.

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