Mmabana Lehurutshe : an appraisal of a cultural centre

M.Ed. (Community Education)In its magazine (Kaleidoscope 1995:23) Mmabana Lehurutshe states that its intention is to help trainees to be independent after completion of their training. What prompted this study is that contrary to Mmabana Lehurutshe's intention, most of their ex-trainees go back to their initial jobs as house keepers, cleaners, tea makers or they are left jobless. The study makes an inquiry into the role of Mmabana in helping its people to convert the acquired productive skills into microentrepreneurial skills so that they can be self-sustaining. An important contribution of the study is that it unveils the hidden needs of the trainees as well as to give insight into the perceptions of the instructors. It also sheds light on what Mmabana Lehurutshe can do to empower its trainees. Section one gives an overview of the study, background of study, aim and purpose of study, importance of study, research strategy and research questions. The conceptual framework is given in section two. Concepts looked into are the community, community education, microentrepreneurial skills for self-employment, the core-plus curriculum for adult learners and curriculum changes in the developing countries of Africa. Section three displays raw data achieved through fieldwork. Data is processed and findings are arrived at. In section four findings are interpreted and recommendations are made