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Onfeit Kano state chapter Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self educating acti

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.
[1] It can mean any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal fulfillment as a lifelong learner.[
2] In particular, adult education reflects a specific philosop

hy about learning and teaching based on the assumption that adults can and want to learn, that they are able and willing to take responsibility for that learning, and that the learning itself should respond to their needs.
[3] Driven by what one needs or wants to learn, the available opportunities, and the manner in which one learns, adult learning is affected by demographics, globalization and technology.
[4] The learning happens in many ways and in many contexts just as all adults' lives differ.
[5] Adult learning can be in any of the three contexts i.e. Non-formal- Learning that is organized by educational institutions but non credential. Non-formal learning opportunities may be provided in the workplace and through the activities of civil society organizations and groups

05/05/2015

Adult and Non-Formal Education in Nigeria

Adult education includes functional literacy, remedial, continuing, vocational, aesthetic, cultural and civic education for youth and adults outside the formal school system.

Adult education can be executed through distance learning programmes in different universities. Existing institutions are also used as venues for adult education especially in the evenings.

Who is non-formal education for?

Those who didn’t have the privilege of passing through any formal education.
Those who prematurely dropped out of school.
Those who have completed their courses at school but wish to further their knowledge.

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