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Low participation in adult literacy classes: reasons behind it

01 Jan 2005-Iss: 65
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the factors that contribute to low participation rates among learners and discuss the possible factors which research suggests might be responsible for this problem, and discuss some possible solutions to the problem.
Abstract: Kenya's adult literacy programme was launched with pomp and circumstance in 1979 but has since experienced a downward trend in learner participation to the extent that observers wonder whether it still exists. In this article, the author describes the factors that contribute to low participation rates among learners and discusses the possible factors which research suggests might be responsible for this problem.
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  • ...Oluoch (2005) in a study of adult education programmes in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya, observes that, most of the learners came from low income areas who were either farmers or petty traders....

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