Efforts of NNCAE in Repositioning Adult and Non– Formal Education for Relevance in Nigeria: The Gender Perspective
Efforts of NNCAE in Repositioning Adult and Non– Formal Education for Relevance in Nigeria: The Gender Perspective

Adult and Non-formal education provides the opportunities of responding to individual and societal needs through relevant training and education especially, as being challenged by constant technological change and novel knowledge. Adult Education is

Summary/Abstract: Adult and Non-formal education provides the opportunities ofresponding to individual and societal needs through relevant training andeducation especially, as being challenged by constant technological changeand novel knowledge. Adult Education is thus, problem solving. A majorproblem solving component of Adult Education is the potentials inherent inlifelong learning. The Nigerian National Council for Adult Educationanchors both academic and practice of Adult Education in the nationinitially, before a seeming decline in its activities. But since the split betweenthe academic and practical practitioners had occurred, Adult Education hadreceived a setback in its programmes. The question is, at a time of high levelof inequality, unemployment and underemployment which may be connectedwith societal inhibitions and the skills received at various educationalinstitutions of which women are the most vulnerable, what are the efforts ofNNCAE in redeeming its professional ethics of providing the right educationto the citizenry at a dire need? It is in response to these that this paperassesses and critiques the efforts of NNCAE in repositioning Adult and Non– formal Education for relevance in Nigeria.This paper posits that NNCAE is capable of enhancing a better recognitionfor Adult Education discipline in Nigerian Universities through its “towngown” activities as it will educate the people on the need for gender equityand enhanced skills that could stem unemployment under employment andgender inequity in the society.

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