COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR ENHANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL RESOURCES IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which community education is relevant for the enhancement of human livelihood in Enugu state. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study comprised of 454 adult learners from 28 adult literacy centers in Enugu state which are 241 female and 213 male adult learners. The population size is manageable as a result of which sampling was not done. The instrument for data collection was the researcher's structured questionnaire that was face validated by three experts. Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability Coefficient was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. Number of questionnaires administered was 454 by the researcher with the aid of two research assistants that were briefed on the content of the questionnaire and the mode of administration to ensure proper administer of the questionnaires. 449 questionnaires were retrieved from the respondents within interval of one month of which 5 copies were not retrieved by some respondents for some reasons best known to them data was analyzed using mean (X) with Standard Deviation (SD) to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings among others shows that to a high extent, community education was relevant for the enhancement of human livelihood in Enugu state. Also based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others that the contents of adult education programmes be reviewed to accommodate wide areas that would meet the varying needs of community among others