ADULT EDUCATION IN ADDRESSING EFFECT OF OVERSCHOOLING ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

This paper focused on over-schooling among children which has a lot of effect on their development. It examined how adult education is used in addressing the effect of over-schooling on a child’s development in the changing environment. It emphasized that adult education, using its typologies/programmes will help in creating awareness in society, specifically, the parents, teachers, and proprietors of schools, on the hazards that over-schooling causes to a child’s development. However, the meanings of adult education, over-schooling, and child development were explained, followed by the causes of over-schooling on a child’s development and how adult education will help in addressing these consequences. Following the findings from reviewed literature, it was recommended that government should monitor the implementation of the planned curriculum by schools; Proprietors and teachers should teach children with the stipulated guidelines in the National Policy on Education and also, adhere to the curriculum for pre-primary schools, rather than overloading it. Furthermore, adult education practitioners should create awareness of its effects, thereby minimizing the consequences on child development.