Evaluation of Literacy Programmes Delivery in Ogun State Nigeria

Abstract

In Nigeria, in order to care for the needs of some adults in the society, government have been able to put in place a number of programmes that will enhance Literacy education in Nigeria. Research studies in this area have dealt with curricula issues and implementation processes, which showed that the programme is making progress. In Ogun State however, there seem to be chronic inadequacy of resources, equipment, personnel and funds for implementation of Literacy Programmes Delivery as noted by the Ogun Annual Report.This study was carried out to evaluate literacy programmes delivery in Ogun State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive survey design. The population of this study was made up of Adult literacy facilitators and adult learners. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select two hundred and fifty participants. Response was sought from the respondents using structure questionnaires tagged ‘Literacy Programme Delivery Questionnaire (LPDQ)’ was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result shows that 72.8% of the respondents applied for post literacy programme;  69.1% of the literacy delivery center in the location used are government owned. It was also revealed in the result that Abeokuta-South has the highest number of facilitators this was followed by Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. On the accessibility of the programmes to people, 46% of the respondents reported that to a very great extent the programme has addressed their needs also 55.2% stated that to a great extent the schedule of activities for each term/session are well planned by management. It was also revealed in the study that 24.4% of the clienteles of the literacy programmes were traders and 13.6% fashion designers. On the adequacy of facilities, 40.8% of the respondents indicated that to a great extent plans are made for distribution of instructional materials, 48.8% also stated that classroom blocks are built for the programmes to a very great extent. On the availability of the instructional material; 53.2% of the respondents indicated to a great extent the availability of writing materials, 44.8% indicated adequate apparatus.Based on this, it can be concluded that more reinforcements should be infused into literacy programmes to motivate the adult learners to keep coming to the class. The facilitator should try to know the goals of the adult learners and find ways of achieving them during the programme. There should be awareness programme set up by both the government and non-governmental organizations on all available mass media in the state for people to be educated on literacy and for them to know the literacy centers they can go to for enrollment.

Keywords: Literacy Programmes, Adult learners, Adult Education

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-4-02

Publication date: February 29^th 2020