Assessing the impact of Adult Literacy Programmes of the Kwara State Agency for Mass Education on the lives of the participants in Kwara State Nigeria
Abstract
Adult literacy education is an imperative for development of adults in the community. It is a foundation for lifelong learning and a gateway to fuller participation in social, cultural, political and economic life.This study investigated the impact of Adult Literacy Programmes of the Kwara State Agency for Mass Education on the lives of the participants in Kwara State Nigeria. The population for the study comprises all adult learners, adult literacy facilitators and adult literacy coordinators in the basic adult literacy programme of’ Kwara State Agency for Mass Education in Kwara State. The sample size consists of 300 adult literacy learners, 30 literacy facilitators and coordinators making a total 330 participants. The sample for the study was selected using multistage sampling technique. At first, simple random sampling was employed to select five Local Government Area where the study was conducted. At the second stage, Snowballing sampling technique was utilized to select the participants within the selected local Government areas.Data were collected with the use of self-designed questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to scrutinized by experts and has reliability coefficient of 0.78. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages.The research showed that the enrolment, completion and success on basic literacy programme of Kwara State Agency for Mass Education in Ilorin Emirate were encouraging and successful while failure was minimal. The study recommendedthatbasic literacy programme of the Agency should be more committed to meeting the basic education needs of the participants so as to allow more learners stay till the end of the programme.
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