Problems Facing Adult Education Center Managers and District Adult and Continuing Education Officers n the Implementation of Adult Basic Education and Training Curriculum in Machakos County
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2016-01-01
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Nzinga, Edward K.
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International Journal of Education and Research
Abstract
A review of all of the available evaluation studies of adult literacy programs in Third World settings revealed that poor program design and implementation are the causes of inefficiency. Adult education in Machakos County is bedevilled by inadequate teaching staff, funds and facilities;
unskilled part-time teachers among others. This raises a lot of concern and challenge especially to Adult Centre managers and District Adult Education and Continuing Education Officers who are charged with the responsibility of ensuring the success of the Adult education programs. The
purpose of the study was to explore problems facing adult education centre managers and district adult and continuing education officers in the implementation of adult basic education and training curriculum in Machakos County. Objectives were to: establish constraints of Adult Education Centre Managers on their understanding of their role in adult education; and identify problems facing District Adult and Continuing education officers in the monitoring and supervision of adult education programmes. The study used descriptive survey research design and was based on the conceptual framework embracing four main theories namely:- Adult learning theory, Mezirow’s Theory of Perspective Transformation, Systems Theory and Reference Group Theory. The units of analysis were 424 Adult Education Learning Centers. The study population was 424 Managers of
Adult Education Centers, and 8 District Adult and Continuing Education (DACEO’s). The targeted populations were 128 Managers and 8 Adult Education Officers. The researcher used both Stratified and saturated random sampling to pick out a corresponding sample. The instruments of data
collection were questionnaires, interviews and document analysis. Reliability of the instruments was addressed through piloting in one adult education Centre and reliability co-efficient of 0 .745 which indicated that the instruments were reliable were obtained by subjecting the instruments to a Split-half Technique and Spearman “Brown Prophesy Formula”. Two experts were used to validate the instruments. Data was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings of the study were: the perceptual constraints of adult education learners on implementation of adult education in were:-unwillingness of the learners to pay for the program, a negative perception of the program, a marked sense of skepticism about adult education, and lack of conviction about the benefits of the program. It was concluded that there indeed existed perceptual, managerial, methodological and monitoring and supervisory constraints facing curriculum implementation of adult education programs in Machakos County. It was recommended that efforts be made to destigmatize the program and funds be availed. It was suggested that further research be conducted on stigma, low men enrolment and policy framework.
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Problems, Adult Basic education & Training, Curriculum and Teaching Methodologies
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Nzinga, E. K. (2016). Problems Facing Adult Education Center Managers and District Adult and Continuing Education Officers n the Implementation of Adult Basic Education and Training Curriculum in Machakos County. International Journal of Education and Research, (4), 1.
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