Effective planning as a Potent Tool for Implementing Adult Literacy Programmes: Implications for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Gombe State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This paper strives towards addressing issues related to planning Adult Literacy Programme. The paper also dealt with  the  components  of  functional  and  responsive  adult  literacy  programme  planning  and  implemen tation. Planning/development is seen by this paper as a vehicle for effective implementation of Adult Literacy Programme. As the adage goes, effective programme planning brings about responsive implementation. So is the relationship between planning and implementation of a programme which leads to goal achievement. Some approaches and groups of persons to be involved in planning Adult Literacy Programmes were suggested in this paper along with five major suggestions towards the success of Adult Literacy Programmes in Gombe State, Nigeria.

Keywords: effective planning, potent tool, implementing, literacy programme