ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND ADULT LEARNERS PARTICIPATION IN FUNCTIONAL LITERACY PROGRAMMES IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

Following the analysis of data collected and findings made, the following conclusions were drawn: that Adults in the area often attend skills acquisition programme in the area, Adults have scarcely skills acquisition programme in the area and there are high attrition rate  among adults who attends skills  acquisition programme in the area., that functional literacy programmes that exist in Oredo local government area are: Catering, Hairdressing, fashion design, tailoring and bead making, and that the s concluded that the desire to become self-reliant influence adults learners participation in the programmes