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AUTHOR TITLE Adult Forces DOCUMENT RESUME ED 059 416 AC 012 155 AUTHOR Nasution, Amir H. TITLE Foreign Assistance Contribution in AdultEducation in Nigeria. INSTITUTION Ibadan Univ. (Nigeria). Inst. of AfricanAdult Education. PUB DATE Mar 71 NOTE 25p.; Paper presented to Nigerial NationalConference on Adult Education (March25-27, 1971, Lagos Univ., Lagos) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS Administrative Personnel; *Adult Education;Community Agencies (Public) ;*Conferences; *Cooperative Programs; *Educational Finance; EducationalNeeds; Federal Programs; *Financial Support;*Foreign Countries; Group Activities; Mass Instruction; Organizations (Groups); Planning; PrivateAgencies; State Programs IDENTIFIERS Af r ica; *Nigeria ABSTRACT The proceedings of a nation-wideconference in Nigeria concerning adult education arepresented. The following steps are proposed in the line ofnational and international cooperation; these steps can be taken without waitingfor financial and administrative approval:(1) the registration of all kinds ofadult education programs and activities carried outby public as well as private agencies;(2) involvement of all educationpersonnel in the planning organization, and establishment of anEducation Planning Unit; (3) the formation of adult educationpriority programs, with supporting services, mass education meansand libraries, to be assisted in the context of Federal and Statesset of priorities and potentialities; and (4)the mobilization of private funds andforces on behalf of adult education.(Author/CK) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEENREPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OFEDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. C) e--I FORE'IGNASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTION. I N LC\ ADULT EDUCATION IN NIGERIA LIJ By Amir H. Nasution UNESCO EXPERT Presentedto NIGERIAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE On ADULT EDUCATION 25 - 27 March, 1971 LAGOS UNIVERSITY, LAGOS INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN ADULT EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN IBADAN --NIGERIA ==MESEIS"="'EServ7P---====-=- FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY IAAE University of Ibadan FOREIGN ASSISTANCE CONTiSIBWION IN ADIAT EDUCATION IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION hr. Chairman, distinguished members,le.dies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure for me to beagain among old colleagues and to meet new friends, servants of AdultEducation. Thanks to the under- standing and generosity of the ConferenceCommittee I have also the privilege to address you on "ForeignAssistance Contribution" in Adult Education in Nigeria, I suppose to complete the views andfacts presented by the Government, Universities,Voluntary Organizations and private sector. I have been now for more than one yearin this country. I have visited several States in the Federation,military governors, commission- ers, native rulers and leadersof voluntary organizr_tions andindustrial enterprises. I !nye also witnessed Adult Educationactivities the most impressive of which to me, are the small literacy grcupsin the far north, and .ttended by young and old, held inthe open field af "deserts",using a stick from a tree nearby as a pencil cAndsand as the natural plate. Further I may add that I have taken partin several U.N. or Unesco evaluation and factfinding missions toNigeria but I wish to state that, at this forum, I am not representingthose bodies or any otherauthority. That little experience, I hope,will enable me to look at the prob- lem as an expatriate from outside aswell as inside. --- 0000 FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY IAAE ,University of Ibadan FOaEIGN:ASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTI6N' IN ADULT EDUCATION INIIIGERIk by Amir H. Nasution, Unesco Expert. I. FOREIGNER'S LOOK AT NIGERIA It .is natural that foreign eyesare.directed to this vast and .. ... strong country for various reasonsand aims. The outside world ip eager:to know-how the awakened"sleeping giant" (to. uss ChiefOkotie- Eboh .terms, 1962) whose voice willbe listened to in the hugecoptin-. ent, cures its war wounds, and furtherhandles itp reconstruction; how it utilizes its vast and rich.resources;in what way it will accomp- lish.its developments. Not less interesting is the way how amilit- ary regime conducts itsrule without making education atool of its force and compulsion. For instance, it is notindoctrinating and exnloiting the Nigerian youth, :throughout-of-schoei 'training, for the sake of its power and prolongedretension of its'rule. Foreign educational bodies andprofessionals ate keenly interested its,millions of t cs. know'hó w. the nationalleadership can manage to lead peoDle from chrkness andigriorance.to.the open World_cifaciance and technolOgy; how the government'and nationalleaders caw.tackle the 'problemS and obstaClet to education anddevelopmenti.. particularly in the grave eduCational situationdnd ,hard realitiesi-as notedin the Fedei4a1 Develop:lent PIan (pi. 63 64) .than.;80% (only 1. jlliteracy total in urban areas ,isdnot less 20% is permanently literate) and in rural areasas high as 9f*. (Enrolment ...) FILMED FROM BEST MAILABLE COPY 2. Enrolment level at primary achool ranges onty fromt*to 7010; "' theplan.targe-t4.4ielligah-:.enrolment ratio of 50%. Enrolment level .of secondary school is. only between 0.4 to 12%. The . m411mum_pt 25%. 3. The skilled manpower available is verylimited;in terms of categories : 1970 1974 Available Neenea SPnior category /i6,654 58,861 Intermediate category 126,379 159,257 Skilled category 217, 304 72, 109 The Labour Force .estimated to be 40% of the population is 25.8 inillion out of which 516,000 are unemployedmaking the un-employment rate approximately 0.8% and 2% of the total population and'the labour fdrce respectively. , (see furth4. j ,, I Appendix). Looking from the outside, staring merely at the figures meritioned : :86-98% illiteracy, 7-10% Primary school enrolment which practiCally means that 90% of the school age children are out of school, and will ..':'..6eceme' illiterate youth and adults; the lownumber of skilled'Manpower ... available 'etc., the educational situation anddevelopmehtpossibilities may seem, to foreign observers or flying visitors and 'some critical . ayisers really .Igrave and alarming.. But someone who has been in the covntry for a certainperidaano travelled with .:,pen eyes and under- .. standing mind.i witnessed the many activities-being carried out with energy and devotion, the moreso.i.f. ha,haa detected the resilience determination'.and.responsi-nes.s of ttgA).eople, I am sure that his mind: antL I:as-judgement: will. change to the. .better and that he will' .f ce the situation or his job with:- enthusiasm. arO 'Optimism provided.. ohly (:- that he sees good and determined leadership,...Propei, .guidance and real interest being provided.' These factors, as we shall see, are also of significance to foreign assiatance..supplyina agencies. (As regards ...) r FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY As regards Adult Education to create the required favourable impressions and positive factorS,' and observation, .much id still to be built up and exhibited. In spite.of the real facts that quite a number of Adult Educatir)n programmes and activities being carried cut; that adult education forms a separate division in its ministry with its senior staff, supervisors, organisers and instructors side by side with.ihe staff and teachers for school education, that'adult education coMmittees and centres are found 'in many villages, the fact-finder and visiting adviSer ;gill hardly be able to know them and get proper appraisal and insight bf the real situation. 'Because adult education is often left'out innegotiations, very scarcely if not.at. all publicized in official documents educat- ion.statistics and reports. _ It seems to the foreigner that the Government is not showing sufficient and real interest in Adult Education and thus.not calling . for!assistance. Lastly, the new Federal as well as the State Development Plans do not appeal to the foreign assistance supplying agencies fo,.' they do not contain clear formulated aims, set targets and programMes with the necessary budget allocations, as provided for pri;pry, secondary . _ and technical schools etc. There is no special budget for adult education in the Federal Plan and in State Plans, it is awarded from nil to- few percents only (see Appendix on Education Budgets). ADULi LUERACY EDUCATION IS A NATIONAL MUST AN INTERNATIONAL : OB IGATION Those arb the few matters which mny create objective impressions and interest in the :Nreign agonPY or mission. It is naturally also influenced by its findings and experienco in other parts of the.world. In this context, it is worthwhile_ to draw attention to a few A,ssump- -i tions and facts prevailing in the international field of education. (Threat ...) FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY Threat to World Tranquility It is universally admitted that the yawning gap between the haves and have-nots, between the advanced and backward nations which totals more than two-third of the world population, constitutes a threat, at least an obstacle to world tranquility, if not to worl. peace. It is also evident that almost all the poor countries were former colonial territories; some are still under colonial domination,It may be remembered that the U.N. have passed. resolutions and 11::..ve been doing efforts not only to decolonize those ares but ;also tc help the suffer- ing masses to come .out of their ignorance,..poverty zilnd diseases. Shortly, that is regarded as an international ob).....i.k:_ation.
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