A Critical Investigation of Agency for Mass Education and Their Role in Promoting Adult Education in Nigeria
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Adult education, in all of its manifestations, encompasses all types of education, including formal, non-formal, and informal education for adult. It may be thought of as a nexus of activities aimed at satisfying certain community needs as Its ultimate objective is to create a process through which members of a community may learn to collaborate in order to identify issues and find solutions to them. Adult education, according to Fletcher (1980), is a dedication to the education and leisure of people of all ages via local engagement in priority setting, resource sharing, and situation analysis. This is why Merini, (1985)” believe that its duty extends beyond the more traditional concept of educating children to a larger concept of recognizing a community's needs, problems, and...
