Strategies for Improving Adult Education for Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Abstract

The study was carried out to examine the strategies that can be employed to improve adult education programme for sustainable human development. It is a descriptive survey carried out in all adult education centres in Afikpo Local Government Area (L.G.A) of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. All the two hundred and twenty adult education instructors in all the centres formed the population of the study. There was no sampling since the entire population was used for the study. Data was collected using researcher-made questionnaire titled strategies for improving adult education questionnaire (SIAEQ). The instrument consist of twenty-two items and was subjected to both face and content validation using two experts in adult education and one expert in measurement and evaluation all in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. Reliability test on the instrument was carried out through test-retest method. Using Pearson product moment method reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Three research questions guided the study. Some of the results obtained include: that to improve adult education programme, the quality of adult education instructors have to be improved through workshops, seminars, conferences, in-service training, incentives, and proper supervision; adequate infrastructures, facilities; instructional materials and resources needed in adult education centres should be provided. It was recommended that in-service training should be periodically organized for adult education instructors, and that necessary facilities should be adequately provided in adult education centres.