“Assessing the Provision of Adult Education in Rural Areas in Tanzania: A Case of Local Government Officials in Korogwe District.

Sarafina, Lutinwa T. (2022) “Assessing the Provision of Adult Education in Rural Areas in Tanzania: A Case of Local Government Officials in Korogwe District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed to assess the provision of Adult Education in rural areas in Tanzania, a case of local government officials in Korogwe District. Three objectives were involved, to assess rural community awareness in the provision of adult education, to determine roles of ward and village government in provision of AE in rural areas, to assess district government officials on initiating and promoting AE in rural areas. This study employed Andragogy Theory by Knowles Malcolm to guide the study. The study employed qualitative approach and used a case study design. Where 50 adult’s respondent were involved and sampled by using sampling technique namely stratified and purposeful sampling. Data were gathered by using two different data collection tool namely questionnaires, and interview and the data were analyzed by content analysis. The main findings of the study revealed that there were poor community awareness on adult education, Ward and village government officials were unaware of their responsibilities towards provision of adult education, District government officials were poorly performing their responsibilities on initiating and promoting AE. It was noted that there were poor provisions of AE in rural areas that led to poor learning habit among rural communities. The study recommended that local government officials must perform their responsibility on initiating and promoting AE in rural communities. Key words: Adult, Adult Education, local Government officials, and Rural areas

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