Women participation in adult literacy programs for sustainable development in Nigeria: implication for national development
Abstract:This paper examined women participation in adult literacy programmes for sustainable development as it affects
national development in Nigeria. Further discussed in the paper are the concepts of women participation, adult
literacy programmes and sustainable development, adult literacy programmes and national development, equality
of educational opportunity, accessibility and Education for All (EFA). Learning environment, manpower requirement,
family responsibility and economic background were some of the factors discussed by the authors as factors
militating against women participation in adult literacy progammes. The paper also highlighted some solutions to
challenges militating against women participation in adult literacy programmes in Nigeria. Solutions to the
challenges were also proffered. Also, x-rayed in the paper is the modernization theory and its implication to
women's participation in adult literacy programme for sustainable development. It was concluded among other
things, that it is imperative for women to participate in adult literacy programmes because they occupy a sizeable
number in the population of the country; as their involvement will result in reasonable sustained national
development. Recommendations were finally made for further improvement in women participation in adult
literacy programmes in Nigeria.
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