ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON READING SKILLS

Abstract

The paper assessed the impact of reading skills among Adult Basic
Education learners. Reading is essential in daily living and its
importance in human lives cannot be overemphasized. The study
adopted the survey research design. The six major zones in Lagos State
were selected. The simple random sampling technique was used to
select 91 learners from each of the zones, making 546 participants. A
Questionnaire on the Impact of Adult Basic Education Programme
(r=.75) was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed
using descriptive statistics of frequency count, percentage, mean and
standard deviation. Also, inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. Descriptive statistics using simple frequency count,
simple percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to answer
the research questions while inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis
of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level
of significance. The mean score values were rated as very low = (x̅≤
1.0), low = (x̅≤ 2.0), high = (x̅≤ 3.0), and very high = (x̅≤ 4.0). This
study established that the impact of reading skills on participants who
are learners in Adult Basic Education after the programme was high.
It also showed that the challenges of reading skills in learners of Adult
Basic Education after the programme was low.