Functional Adult Literacy was designed to empower illiterate adults to participate effectively in public as well as community initiatives. To enhance community mobilisation and empowerment, Government revitalized the community development function in the Local Governments.
Functional adult literacy programme is being carried out by the Department of Community Development. At present the programme is being run in 9 sub-counties in the district, including the four division in the Municipality namely; Amach, Barr, Adekokwok, Ogur, Lira, Adyel, Ojwina, , Aromo, Ngetta, Agweng ,Agali , Railways and central divisions.
Challenges being faced by the programme:
– Inadequate incentives to support instructors who are the major pivot around which adult learning revolves. How are we going to sustain them in the FAL classes?
– Inadequate literacy materials for all levels including demand for English and Kishwahili materials
– Over whelming demand for FAL programme in all sub counties and villages.
– The community do lack skills which is sustainable as a result thee is no gainful self employment.
– Inadequate logistic support
Lira District 
it should continue coz our parents are learning alot
Thank Scovia all will be well with our parents unlike the banyabos ne ssebos here
The programme is absolutely good and it is a second chance for those who missed the first phase of study in life.God continue to give you more knowledge and good ideas for making our home better than before,Lira District
it should be upheld greatly because the main way poverty can be broken
Its very important to note that not all is tought in schools but with this we are able to get more facts that aid us in our academic pursuit. May god continue to bless you all. I appreciated it so much.
government should allocate some incentive for FAL instructors
community members need to be sensitized about the relevance of FAL program
community members need to be involved in the selection and construction of learning center
teaching learning materials need to be availed by government in various languages
FAL instructors need to be trained in handling adult class
I really liked the programme because its outcome had enabled our elders not only to read and write but also to be critical on a number if community issues
The Government should increase the funding of this program so as to be more effective and efficient.
There’s still a gap in how the government has handled this program, to some of us who are directly working in the community. We have found so many people who are passionate about it, and due to the prevailing challenges of inadequate training materials, little training given to FAL instructors and lack of facilitation for the program. There’s need to take those instructors in refresher trainings to cope up with the technology and use it to facilitate in their classes because there those who can’t even look for the information from the website,but only to wait for hard copies from the government.