The Status Challenges And Prospects Of Adult Literacy Program In East Shewa Zone Of Oromia Regional State

The main o~jective (~/ this stud) was to inve ·tigate the status, challenges and projpec/s ojrn([dlllllit >racy program in Ea ·t Shewa zone. To achieve this, a concurrent triangulation mixC'drndesign was pre/< rred. This II 'US selected to col/ect both quantilati e and qualitatil'e datllrnlI'ithin the same time Fame ami to compensate one's weakness over the other. To Ihis end.rnthr('e d!U'erent bllt complementary in. truments were used namely; questionnaire, inteniell'rnancl FGDs. Til > partici/wnts II'C're -18 adult learners, 31 facilitator. ', six key in/c)rmants ojrnC'dllcational experts fc)r inten iew and ten 'RC supervisors participated in focus grouprndi.L'us. ·ion. tratified random sampling, available 'ampling and purposive samplingrnI chniques 1 ere applied to elect the re pondent groups re.spectively. Data were analyzedrnu ing both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Afler tabulation of collected raw datarnPercentage' and Mean were u ed to analyze the quantitative data. For qualitative data.rninterview, and FGDs results were transcribed and thematic analyses were conducted usingrnwords and statements. Based on the analyse , the main finding' of the rudy indicated thatrnthe status of adult litewcy program in the zone is very low in number of partiCipants andrncontinuity of the program. The results also 'howed thatle 's efJectivenes . of the program wasrna a result of multidimensional filctor' which have been affecting individually andrncollectively. The ·tudy revealed that among the factors, the variables such as poor planning,rnorganizinG' and management jystem" poor allocation and utilization of resources. inability tornorganize need based curriculum and learning content, use of traditional and teachercenteredrnteaching methods, lack of competent and commifledfaciliLators, and poorfollow-uprnand monitoring jY ·tem II ere found to be series problems. From the findings, it could hernconcluded that due 10 the combined and individual influence of these factors, the statu. ' ojrnadult literacy program in the zone have been below average in plan performance every year.rn elY weak in quality, characterized by lack of continuity and ·ustainability. Hence. thernfollowing mea ures would be recommended. Be aware of the general objectives of literaL)'rnregarding of human resource development process, Establishing of respon 'ive stru ture andrna signing of qualified and competent experts who shoulder the responsibility of planning.rnorganization and management of the program. Allocation of suffiCient re 'ource . includingrnbudget, creating the ystem that encourages identification of contextualized content with thernfull participation of benefiCiaries, using of learner-centered teaching method ', give duC'rnallenlion on training ojfacililators and supervisor ', e ·tablishing of regular and continuvu.rnfollow-ilp and l1'lOnitoi-ing yslem.

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