Assessment of Resources Utilization for the Delivery of Adult Education Programme during Covid-19 in University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract

The study set out to investigate the utilization of resources for the delivery of adult education programme during Covid 19 in the University of Ilorin in Nigeria. The sample of this study comprised of 340 adult education students who were selected through simple random sampling technique from the total population of 600 adult education students and 8 adult education lecturers who were randomly selected in the department. The reliability value of the two instruments used to gather information were 0.78 for ARAUDAEPQ and 0.75 for ARAUDAEPLQ. The following hypothesis were tested in the study, there is no significant difference in the availability of resources in the delivery of adult education programmes during Covid 19. There was no significant difference in the utilization of resources in the delivery of adult education programmes during Covid 19. There was no significant difference in the lecturers’ utilization of resources in the delivery of adult education during Covid 19. There was no significant difference in the lecturers’ utilization of resources in the delivery of adult education. Thus, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the availability of resources in the delivery of adult education programmes during Covid-19 as assessed by lecturers and students of University of Ilorin (t_{348} = 1.291, p>0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the utilization of resources in the delivery of adult education programmes as assessed by lecturers and students of University of Ilorin (t_{348} = 2.471, p<0.05). There was likewise a statistically significant difference in the lecturers’ utilization of resources in the delivery of adult education during Covid-19 based on gender (t_{8} = 0.783, p>0.05).  In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in the lecturers’ utilization of resources during Covid-19 in the delivery of adult education based on lecturing status (F _{{3, 6}} = 0.449, p>0.05). Thus, it was recommended that school management should be ready to cooperate with adult education lecturers in the provision and improvisation of visual instructional materials for better delivery of adult education programmes and instructional delivery in the University of Ilorin.