THE CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING ADULT AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

Education still remains the vehicle for proper understanding of the attributes of the world, the harnessing and its controls for the benefit of man and society. Education is lifelong and categorized into formal, informal and non-formal. The component of non-formal education by its scope constitute the pivot for the attainment of the goals of formal education, the bases for the functionality of the adult in the world of work, through the applications of the theories and principles of formal education.  However the component of adult and Non-Formal education seems to be neglected. This paper examined the concept of adult and non- formal education, its scope, importance, relationship with sustainable development and the factors that hinders its effective implementation, such as misconception, usurpation of functions by non-professionals, funding, evaluation and dearth of manpower among others. The situation can still be redeemed through funding and sensitization for proper understanding and appreciation of adult and Non-Formal education as an important part of the education process for real sustainable development in Nigeria.