Rebranding Adult Education to Reflect Individual Capacity Building and Human Capital Development: A situational approach
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2016-06-28
Authors
Okebiorun, J.O.
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Nigerian National Council for Adult Education
Abstract
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.
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Individual Capacity Building , Human Capital Development , Adult Education , Rebranding , Nomenclature , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Okebiorun, J.O. (2019). Rebranding Adult Education to Reflect Individual Capacity Building and Human Capital Development: A situational approach. National Council for Adult Education Journal, 21(1), 285-296.