Perceptions of stakeholders on the management of facilities of adult education programme in Gombe State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was conducted to seek perceptions of stakeholders on the management of instructional and infrastructural facilities of Adult Education Programme in Gombe State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to examine the perceptions of stakeholders on the management of instructional facilities and find out the perceptions of stakeholders on the condition of infrastructural facilities. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated in line with the objectives. Descriptive research design was used for the study. From the total population of 10,133, comprising of 691 staff of Adult and Non-Formal Education Agency, 199 staff of Non-Governmental Organisations and 9,243 Adult Learners, a total of 370 respondents were sampled through stratified and systematic sampling technique. A structured questionnaire designed on five point Likert scale was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in tables and analysed using weighted mean to answer the research questions. The two hypotheses were tested using one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level of significance out of which one was rejected and one was retained. The major findings of the study reveal that; there is proper management of instructional facilities of adult education
programme in Gombe state; the condition of infrastructural facilities in the learning centres was not conducive and not adequate for adult education programme. The following recommendations were made; The agency should closely walk with the international donor agencies to make provisions for more instructional facilities; It should work with the community leaders and members through communal effort in making the available infrastructural facilities like classes conducive with good source of light to make it a better place for learning; The agency should also make available workable procedures and policies to guide the use of Infrastructural Facilities and ensure compliance with the established policy and procedures.