FACTORS AFFECTING ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ADULT LITERACY AND NON FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN ANAMBRA STATE

The purpose of the study was to find out factors affecting active community participation in adult literacy and non-formal education programmes in Anambra state. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The design was descriptive involving 475 respondents selected from participants in the UNICEF assisted adult literacy and non formal education programme through disproportionate stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected using a 27 item questionnaire. Mean scores were used in answering the research questions, while t-test was used in testing the hypothesis at 0.5 level of significance. The findings indicated among others that lack of adequate funds. Lack of financial support and lack of facilities were the key factors affecting active participation in adult literacy and non formal education programme. It was recommended among others that Anambra State government through the Anambra State Agency for Mass Literacy and Non-formal Education should provide micro-credit equipment, facilities and instructional materials for participants in adult and non-formal programme