EXAMINING THE MASS LITERACY PROGRAMME IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT.

Abioye, T. (1999) EXAMINING THE MASS LITERACY PROGRAMME IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. A JOURNAL OF THE READING ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA, 8 (1 & 2). pp. 201-213. ISSN 1119 - 6181

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Abstract

The Mass Literacy Programme which was launched in 1982, was meant to eliminate illiteracy by the year 1992. This, however, was not meant to be as the "Magic year" shifted to the year 2000. The programme has made some progress in trying to eradicate illiteracy, especially among women. This programme, partly sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), caters for learners who have enrolled for the Basic Literacy, Post-Literacy (Functional) and the Remedial/continuing Education Courses This study sought to answer the following questions: 1. Why did women enrol in this programme? 2. How important is education to a woman? 3. Has literacy changed the women's view on certain issues? 4. How will their achievement in this programme affect their lives? Data gathered from 24 women and girls from Zaria City and Tudun Wad a wards of Zaria LGA in Kaduna State revealed, among other things, that: i. although most of the women would love to be literate, their husbands refuse to give them the opportunity. . ii. the women enrolled because they want to be educated iii. these women see themselves as having an enhanced social status because they are now literate. The implications of the results were drawn. The paper calls for prudence in the management of funds for the programme. It also observed that serious attention is not paid to the problem of gender disparity. Suggestions are made for tackling the problems so identified so that the programme would be achievement oriented as well as meet the expectations of the designers by the year 2010.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2016 14:12
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2016 13:28
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/6960

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