ABSTRACT
The study evaluated the Continuing Education
Programme objectives in Universities in South-East Nigeria. A survey research
design was used for the study. Five research questions and five null hypotheses
guided the study. The population ofthe study was made up of 198 lectures and
2987 final year students from the eight Federal and State Universities in South
East, Nigeria who were in the Continuing Education Programme. The sample
comprised 535 respondents made up of 75 lectures and 460 final year students
drawn through multistage sampling techniques. The instrument for data
collection was a 50 item questionnaire of the likert type of 4-point response
mode titled “Evaluation of Continuing Education Programme Objectives Questionnaire
(ECEPOQ)”. The Cronbach alpha coefficient was used to compute the reliability
index and a reliability coefficient of 0.73 was obtained. The research
questions were answered using mean and standard deviations while the null
hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic. The result ofthe data analyzed
revealed that lecturers showed that people have access to quality education and
equity in educational opportunities through the Continuing Education Programme
to a high extent, the students showed that such access was to a very high
extent. There was significant difference at P<0.05 in the mean rating of the
lecturers and students on the extent people have access to quality education
and equity in educational opportunities through Continuing Education Programme.
Both lecturers and students agreed that the curriculum contents ofContinuing
Education Programme meets special needs ofemployers of labour and relative to
National University Commission (NUC) bench mark. Both lecturers and students
accepted that University lecturers were involved in the teachings of Continuing
Education Programme to a high extent. There was however no significant
difference between the mean rating of the lecturers and students on the extent
of involvement ofUniversity lecturers in the teachings of Continuing Education
Programme; Both lecturers and students indicated that continuing education
programme ameliorates the effect of internal and external brain drain to a high
extent. The lecturers argued that Continuing Education Programme encouraged
life-long learning opportunities to a high extent among the students of the
programme based on the benefits/gains, the students maintained that Continuing
Education Programme encourages life-long learning opportunities to a very high
extent among students. This study recommended among others that Continuing
Education Programme should be encouraged to be operative in all disciplines
ofstudy
EKELE, E (2023). Evaluation of Continuing Education Programme objectives in Universities in South East of Nigeria:- Onuoha, Ekele. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Oct 12, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-continuing-education-programme-objectives-in-universities-in-south-east-of-nigeria-onuoha-ekele-7-2
EKELE, EKELE. "Evaluation of Continuing Education Programme objectives in Universities in South East of Nigeria:- Onuoha, Ekele" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 Dec. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-continuing-education-programme-objectives-in-universities-in-south-east-of-nigeria-onuoha-ekele-7-2. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
EKELE, EKELE. "Evaluation of Continuing Education Programme objectives in Universities in South East of Nigeria:- Onuoha, Ekele". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 Dec. 2023. Web. 12 Oct. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-continuing-education-programme-objectives-in-universities-in-south-east-of-nigeria-onuoha-ekele-7-2 >.
EKELE, EKELE. "Evaluation of Continuing Education Programme objectives in Universities in South East of Nigeria:- Onuoha, Ekele" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 12 Oct. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-continuing-education-programme-objectives-in-universities-in-south-east-of-nigeria-onuoha-ekele-7-2