ISLAMABAD: National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) would establish 2,000 adult literacy centres for age group 15 to 45, in all the provinces during the next six months. It would also initiate prison literacy programme in 99 jails of the country, also a national training institute, training of feeder teachers, establishment of 50 non-formal basic education schools and madrassas are part of the plan. These projects were shared in NCHD Organizational Review Meeting (ORM) that was led by NCHD Chairperson and Former Senator Rozina Alam Khan. Addressing the meeting the chairperson emphasized that education, especially of girls is the key to success. “There is no justification -be it cultural, economic or social- for denying girls and women from their fundamental right of education”, she stated. Illiteracy keeps women marginalised and constitutes a foremost obstacle in reducing extreme poverty whereas, investing in girls and women education carries high returns, she opined. “Without education, no nation could become the member of developed nations club,” she stated.