dc.contributor.author | Mwirikia, Mary W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-09T10:30:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-09T10:30:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mwirikia, M. W(2009). The factors that influence utilization of functional literacy skills among adult education learners in Naivasha District, Rift , Valley Province, Kenya | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20765 | |
dc.description | Master Education - Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence
the utilization of functional literacy skills among adult education learners in
Naivasha District of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population
of study were the adult education teachers and their learners in the adult
education centres in the district.
The study site was Naivasha District, a new district in Rift Valley
Province. A simple random sample sampling design was used to sample the
centres and the respondents. Use of standard questionnaires and interview
schedules provided qualitative and quantitative data. The collected data was
coded and analyzed using SPSS software.
From the analysis of the data, some key findings of the study were that
adult education learners utilized functional literacy skills to daily life
situations such as reading newspapers and running small business ventures.
It was revealed that functional literacy skills were also utilized at the place of
work.
The study showed that the utilization of functional literacy skills was
hindered by numerous problems such as inability to master the skill of
reading and also that many learners did not encounter situations requiring the
utilization of skills learnt in class. Many of the adult learners were old and
experienced poor eyesight in addition to other problems associated with old
age.
The study recommended that the government provide learning materials
in line with the current level of technology to enhance acquisition of
functional literacy skills and hence their utilization. It also recommended the
opening of more adult education centres in the district to improve access to
Adult and Continuing Education and Non-Formal Education (NFE) for
empowerment of the adult education learners in Naivasha District. The study
further recommended the introduction of Naivasha Literacy Week to
commence or climax on 8th September every year in line with the World
Literacy Day as a wake up call to education stakeholders in Naivasha District
so as to encourage adult education learners to utilize the functional literacy
skills acquired during their learning programmes. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Literacy skills | en |
dc.subject | Adult education learners | en |
dc.subject | Naivasha District | en |
dc.subject | Rift Valley Province | en |
dc.subject | Kenya | en |
dc.title | The factors that influence utilization of functional literacy skills among adult education learners in Naivasha District, Rift , Valley Province, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | College of Education and External Studies, University of Nairobi | en |