INFLUENCE OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ONWOMEN’SEMPOWERMENT IN OVIA NORTH-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENTAREAOFEDO STATE

This study examined the influence of adult education programmes on women’s performance in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. To guide this study five (5) research questions were raised. Descriptive survey design was used in conducting the study. The population of the study consist of 244 respondents from four communities in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo state. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique and the instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. It was subjected to face validity by the researcher’s project supervisor and two other lecturers in the Department of Adult and Non-formal Education, University of Benin. The findings from the study revealed among others that the adult education programmes available to women in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State includes fashion designing, hair dressing, catering and interior designing and basic literacy. The findings further revealed that through adult education programmes women are socially empowered to engage in social activities, have better information about their health, and experience an upward movement in their social status. Based on the findings, the study recommends the active mobilization of women so that they can be part of adult education programmes provided for them, adequate funds should be provided by the government to run the programme and the programme planners should tailor the programmes to meet the everyday need of the female learners in order to promote the holistic development of women in our country