ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to assess the contribution of adult education programmes towards poverty reduction in Egor local government area. To enable the achievement of this objective, five research questions were raised and examined.
This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of this study comprised of all three hundred and forty thousand, two hundred and eighty seven (340,287) inhabitants of Egor local government area of Edo State while a total of one hundred and twenty (120) adults selected from each of the ten communities made up the sample for the study. Data for the study was collected through the use of the questionnaire which was face and content validated. A test-retest reliability method was used to ascertain the reliability of the research instrument. Frequency count, simple percentage and mean score standard were used for data analyses.
Finding from the study revealed among others that the available adult education programmes in Egor local government area include women education, population education, literacy, workers education, and vocational education, adult education programmes can provide the people with economic skills and that adult education have helped to awaken environmental consciousness, enabled active involvement in the affairs of the community, improved the reading abilities of the people and enhanced cordial relationship with members of the community. In view of the conclusions drawn from the study, it was recommended amongst others that available adult education programmes should be sustained while other necessary programmes should be designed to accommodate the peculiarities of the people, having acquired economic skills, the people should be encouraged by the facilitators at the skill acquisition centres and empowered by Non-Governmental organisations through provision of soft loans and credits to enable them start up little ventures or businesses so that these skills do not decay and that the Local government authorities should make it mandatory for the people to take care of their environment. Local leaders should also ensure that the community people continue to relate well with other members of the community so as to ensure mutual cooperation which will lead to lasting peace and prosperity in the community
