IMPACT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON POVERTY ERADICATION AMONG ADULT LEARNERS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS

Abstract

The success of every society depends intensely on the quality and quantity of education of its citizens. Community education was designed to empower the adult learners with basic literacy and functional education needed for their improvement. It has been a bottleneck to improving the implementation of an adult literacy program in the study area. The government and individuals have yearned for a functional Adult Literacy program but to no avail. The study is descriptive survey research.The population of the study comprises of all adult learners in Ilorin metropolis while simple random sampling techniques was used to select 107 respondents that was used for the analysis. Three research questions were raised and answered in the study with frequency counts and percentages.Findings from the selected respondents as a representative sample were generalized to the entire target population. One of the significant findings was that community education has contributed to poverty eradication among adult learners in the Ilorin metropolis at a high level. It exposes participants to different opportunities to depend on their own without relying on the government. It has a positive impact on the socio-economic development of the study area. It was recommended that government and non-governmental invest heavily in community education by budgeting adequate fundsfor community education in the Ilorin metropolis. The study concluded that community education in the Ilorin metropolis is a viable and good program worthy of encouragement.