Women participation in adult literacy programs for sustainable development in Nigeria: implication for national development

This paper examined women participation in adult literacy programmes for sustainable development as it affects national development in Nigeria. Further discussed in the paper are the concepts of women participation, adult literacy programmes and sustainable development, adult literacy programmes and national development, equality of educational opportunity, accessibility and Education for All (EFA). Learning environment, manpower requirement, family responsibility and economic background were some of the factors discussed by the authors as factors militating against women participation in adult literacy progammes. The paper also highlighted some solutions to challenges militating against women participation in adult literacy programmes in Nigeria. Solutions to the challenges were also proffered. Also, x-rayed in the paper is the modernization theory and its implication to women's participation in adult literacy programme for sustainable development. It was concluded among other things, that it is imperative for women to participate in adult literacy programmes because they occupy a sizeable number in the population of the country; as their involvement will result in reasonable sustained national development. Recommendations were finally made for further improvement in women participation in adult literacy programmes in Nigeria.