Implementation of Adult Education Program in Hawassa City Administration: Practice and Challenges
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to assess practice and challenge of adult education program. To this end the survey studies design was used and qualitative methods were employed. Sources of primary data use 81respondents, namely 12 facilitator, 2 coordinator, 2 supervisor, 2 adult education experts from administrative city education department and fifty five adult education program learners. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed for this study. Data collection tools were interview guides, focus group discussions and document review and observation check list. The data collected through interviews and focus group discussions were narrated qualitatively by using texts of the respondents’ verbal communication. Then, the results indicated that adult education program activities in the adult learner center are taking place in the form of workshops, induction, experience sharing. Some stakeholders believed that adult are benefiting from adult education program implementation; others felt that its implementations are problematic. On the other hand, though there are benefits accrued from implementation of adult education program. Shortage of budget and experts, poor management and training program, lack of incentives and lack of awareness about adult learner are problems affecting the implementation of adult education program. Thus, timely release and proper use of budget, employing experts, giving training for the grass root and improving quality of training programs were suggested as solutions to the problems. Finally, the study concluded that though there are good attempts at upgrading facilitator in the adult learner center, these attempts are affected by the above constraints. Hence, it is recommended that concerned stakeholders of adult education program implementation should take necessary measured to strengthen adult education program activities taking place in the adult learner center and to minimize constraints affecting them. The stakeholders have to place a manageable strategy with the current situation of the adult learner center and adult learner need accordingly to implement adult education program.
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Beyene Seleshi
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