Evaluation of Components of Adult Education On The Inmates' Welfare In Agodi Prison Yard, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate components of adult education programmes on the inmates welfare in Agodi prison yard, Ibadan Nigeria. Survey research was utilized in order to carry-out the study. The respondents were divided into two groups: one hundred and seventy (170) inmates (awaiting trials and convicts) and twenty-five (25) facilitators were sampled. Four research questions were generated from the literature review. Questionnaire on adult education programmes in the prison and responses elicited from respondents were numerically, quantified, tabulated and analyzed using the Likert scale. The analysis showed that: basic literacy, vocational, computer and religious education programmes were the components/ types of adult education programmes provided for the prison inmates; there was inadequate welfare and vocational materials; non-existence of educational unit in the prison; coupled with unqualified resource persons or facilitator to impart the knowledge; and government were not funding adult education programmes adequately in the prison. Based on the findings, it is recommended that effort should be made towards providing adequate funds from all tiers of government (federal, state, local government) and non-governmental agencies for adult education programmes in the prison. It is high time educational unit is separated from welfare department to ensure effective delivery of educational programmes in the prison and, specially trained facilitators should be recruited whose salaries will be comparable with those in public institutions in order to realize the potency of adult education programmes in the prison.

Keywords: Adult education programmes, Prison inmates, convicts, awaiting trial, crime.