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    Assessing Adult Learner’s Numeracy as Related to Gender and Performance in Arithmetic
    (University of Alicante, 2011-07-15) Awofala, A; Anyikwa, E.B
    The study investigated adult learner numeracy as related to gender and performance in arithmetic among 32 Nigerian adult learners from one government accredited adult literacy centre in Lagos State using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of descriptive survey design. Data collected were analysed using the descriptive statistics of percentages, mean, and standard deviation and inferential statistics of factor analysis, independent samples t-test, and multiple regression analysis. Findings revealed that numeracy skill assessed by the numeracy self-assessment scale was a multi-dimensional construct (numeracy in everyday life, numeracy in workplace, and numeracy in mathematical tasks). Adult learners showed average numeracy strength as gender differences in perception of numeracy skills and performance in arithmetic among adult learners reached zero-tolerance level. Numeracy in workplace and numeracy in mathematical tasks made statistically significant contributions to the variance in adult learners’ performance in arithmetic. Based on this base line study, it was thus, recommended that future studies in Nigeria should investigate adult learners’ numeracy skills using more robust and psychometrically sound instruments such as the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALLS) and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS).
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    An Assessment of the effect of Drivers' Training Institute Programme on Driver's skills in Lagos State
    (2012) Bakare, T.V.,; Afonja, A.F.,; Ojeomogha, T.O.; Ige, L.O.
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    Effects of Women Trafficking on Victims of Human Trafficking: Implication for Adult Education
    (Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, 2011-08) Anyikwa, E.B
    The study sets out to find out the level of awareness of women trafficking, its meaning, causes, effects and remedies in Lagos state. Eight research questions were posed to guide the inquiry. A questionnaire (WTIN) was designed and administered on 500 randomly selected female married students in five tertiary institutions’ in the state. Data obtained were analysed using simple descriptive statistics – frequency and percentages. From the analysis, many of the respondents were very much aware of the phenomenon of women trafficking and its negative effects. The study has implications for parents, guardian, teachers, social workers and policy makers in Nigeria.
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    Rebranding Adult Education to Reflect Individual Capacity Building and Human Capital Development: A situational approach
    (Nigerian National Council for Adult Education, 2016-06-28) Okebiorun, J.O.
    This paper discusses the emerging research concerned with the issues of adult and non-formal education. Adult education has been recognized as an instrument par excellence for individual and national development. However, there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the ability of adult education in building individual capacity ana human capital development. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The study population was all the undergraduate students at the University of Lagos. Simple random sampling was used to select. Three faculties, three Departments and 360 respondents in the institution. A structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.77 was the instrument used for the data. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found that adult education is mainly literacy education and there is an urgent need to rebrand adult education. The study concluded that adult education is holistic in nature for enhancing individual capacity building. It was therefore recommended that adult education needs rebranding.