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ABSTRACT
This study aimed at investgating the impact of adult education programmes on rural transformation in Ogun State. To enable the study to achieve its objectives, five (5) research questions were raised. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of this study comprised of all the people living in all communities under Odogbolu Local Government of Ogun State from which a total of two hundred (200) are selected to form the sample size for the study.
A questionnaire titled Questionnaire on adult education programmes for rural transformation in Ogun State was the instrument used for data collection. The validity of the instrument was ascertained through the expert judgment approach while the test re-test method of estimating reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. A reliability index of 0.85 was obtained using Person Product Moment Correlation Statistics. Collected data were analyzed using frequency count, simple percentage, and mean score analysis.
Findings from the study revealed that the adult education programmes available in the area under study are literacy programmes, women empowerment/training programmes, health programmes, empowerment training programmes and Family life education Programmes. In addition, It was discovered that Adult education programmes have transformed the area under study economically by helping to provide job opportunities for people in the community; encouraged education in the community by providing people with grants and scholarship opportunities; encouraged skills acquisition and capacity building for the people, provide support for people’s new economic innovations in the community as well as encourage youth’s involvement in trading activities in the community. However, recommendations was offered that the government and development organizations must recognize adult education programmes as agents of transformation and development in the rural areas and communities in the country.
