Level Of Implementation of Adult Literacy Programmes for Sustainable Mass Literacy in South East Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed the level of implementation of adult literacy programmes for sustainable mass literacy in South East Nigeria. Two specific purposes in line with two research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of this study comprised one thousand two hundred and eighty (1280) adult literacy centres in South East, Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 50 adult literacy centers drawn through simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was adopted Checklist, titled “level of implementation of adult literacy programmes for sustainable mass literacy Checklist” (LIALPSMLC). The Checklist was validated by three (3) lecturers from Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, and scorer reliability method was applied using Kendal’s W Test of Concordance with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), which yielded the overall reliability index of 0.63. Frequency and the percentage were used to analyse the data collected through the checklist. Chi-Square test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that majority of teachers that teach adult literacy programmes do not possess educational qualifications. While the result of hypothesis revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of rural and urban teachers on the qualifications of adult literacy teachers that are involved in the implementation of adult literacy programmes in South East Nigeria. Based on these findings, the study recommended that the State Agencies on Adult Literacy programmes should recruit more qualified teachers to adult learning centres for quality learning outcomes.