ADULT EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF PROVIDING EXTENSION EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: MAJOR CHALLENGES

Abstract

Provision of extension services to the communities is one of the functions of adult education. This is achieved through the collaborative efforts of adult educators, community development agents, social workers, and extension agents who go into rural communities to make such services available. The accessibility of these extension programmes/services by the rural communities makes it possible for them to improve in every aspect of development – agriculture, health, politics, education [literacy]. Thus, an extension programme is a key that unlocks the door to community development because it is a means of extending the programmes of the universities to people who do not have access to the formal way of getting such knowledge, skills, and information. This topic looked at the concept of adult education, community development, extension education/programmes, objectives of extension programmes of adult education, and the challenges faced in carrying out extension services as well as the way forward.