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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Nigerian education philosophy is based on the integration of individual into a sound and effective citizen vis-à-vis the acquisition of appropriate skills, abilities and competences, both mental and physical, as equipment for the individual to live in and contribute to the development of his society. It is within this framework that adult education especially for women becomes relevant. Similarly, the United Nations ...

ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to find out the benefit and constraints of Adult Education Programmes in the Prison: A case study of Oko Prison Benin City. Some assumptions and statement of problems were made and a sample of ninety four (94) respondents consisting of eighteen teachers and seventy-six inmates was used. Questionnaires were used as the research instrument while the analysis of data involved statistical calculations ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO STUDY This requires little or no effort to convince Nigerians that prison in the country is congested. It may however be difficult to convince most Nigerians that prison terms serving any useful purpose such as punishment and reformation prisons may be responsible for the discussion aimed at the international be administration. The primary purpose of penal establishment is provides a secured human containment for people ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies of alleviating poverty through adult education programmes. To achieve this objective, five research questions were raised. A questionnaire was constructed which constituted the main instrument used for data collection. A total of 100 people were randomly selected through simple random sampling procedure from 3 institutions and some private establishments in Egor Local Government Area. Frequency counts and simple percentages ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The National Policy on Education (2014) provides for Adult and non-formal education as an instrument par excellence for lifelong education. Section 6 of the Policy outlines the goals of adult and non-formal education to include providing functional education and continuing education for adults and the youths, provide education for different categories of completers of the formal education system to improve their basic knowledge ...

  ABSTRACT The motive behind this study was to identify the factors affecting the performance of participants in adult literacy programme in Udu local government area of Delta State. The study showed that poor funding and non availability of qualified teachers were the most serious factors affecting the good performance of the participants in the literacy programme. The study also showed that engagement in their various occupations equally had adverse ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Every government strives through investment to achieve development for the well being of her citizens. Development according to Nyerere (2006) is the expansion of man‟s own consciousness and therefore of his own power over himself, his environment and his society. Ofuebe (1992) defined it as a phenomenon in which individual and society interact with their physical, biological and inter-human environment, transforming them for ...