- Author(s): Okemakinde, Sunday O. PhD
- Volume 10, June 2021
Radio is a scientific device that functions as an effective auditory instrument for communication. It provides affordable access to information, a powerful medium of widest audience specifically suited to reaching remote community and vulnerable learners. It plays an important role in literacy education. It is not only informing, but also inspires adults to become literate. Despite increasing efforts to combat illiteracy in the country, the number of non-literates is still out stepping educational efforts. Traditional methods of highly repetitive (drill) tasks that emphasized memorization (rote learning), alone cannot reverse the
trend. Given that radio is heavily used by lower income and less educated people, literacy education utilizing radio can be applied to reduce the level of illiteracy in the country. This paper therefore examines the roles of radio in the teaching and learning of literacy education and how it serves as spring board in reducing non-literates in Nigeria. The author recommended among others that, the states
and local governments should awake to their responsibilities and commitments to their people who are beneficiaries of literacy by radio as a part of efforts to reduce non-literates in the country.