ABSTRACT

The study was aimed at evaluating community participation in UNICEF assisted adult and non formal education literacy programmes in South East of Nigeria. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Five research questions were asked and three null hypotheses were tested. The purpose of the study was on the extent to which communities participate in UNICEF assisted adult and non-formal education literacy programmes in South East, Nigeria. A sampling technique was employed. A sample of 260 respondents comprising Facilitators and Village Education Committee were drawn through the use of simple random sampling technique from a target population of 737. A 4-point scale questionnaire, face validated and with a reliability coefficient of 0.82 as a measure of internal consistency obtained through Cronbach Alpha method was used for data collection. The data which was collected with the questionnaire were analyzed with the use of mean and t-test. Mean was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test each hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed among others that the communities participate to a low extent in the sustainability and ownership of UNICEF assisted adult and non-formal education literacy programmes. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made; which included that donors should carry out needs assessment before intervention in communities, there should be continued advocacy, sensitization and mobilization of learners for participation, ownership and sustainability of programmes; stakeholders should advocate for improved funding of the adult and non-formal education sub-sector by government and public-private partnership for adult and non-formal education basic and post literacy delivery.