Dhaka, June 28 -- The government of Bangladesh and Unicef on Saturday marked a 'significant milestone' in education for out-of-school adolescents, with the successful completion of the Skill-Focused Literacy for Out-of-School Adolescents (SKILFO) pilot project.

The project has reached almost 7,000 adolescents, and with proven success is now ready to be scaled up nationally.

"The success of the SKILFO proves that out-of-school adolescents and NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) youth with poor levels of literacy can be meaningfully empowered with the right training approaches and the right levels of support and opportunities," said Rana Flowers, Unicef Representative in Bangladesh.

"Strengthening government's commitment to ...