WOMEN INVOLVEMENT IN INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN SELECTED WOREDAS OF KAFFA ZONE

Abstract

The main Purpose of this study was to assess women involvement in integrated functional adult education program in selected Woredas of Kaffa Zone. To do so the three basic research questions were formulated and descriptive survey research design was employed. Mixed approaches were used to collect the data. Primary and secondary sources of data were used to collect the data. Data were gathered through questionnaire, interviews, focus group discussion and document analysis. The centers, and learners were selected using simple random and random sampling technique respectively and facilitators, supervisors and adult education directorates were selected using availability sampling techniques. One woreda and one town administration were selected by simple random sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using frequencies and percentages. Some of the major findings were: learners have negative attitudes and they have less interest about the program. Related with facility, budget is not properly allocated, the learning material is not prepared with learner‘s language, facilitators don‘t have skill of how to facilitate and stakeholder‘s integration is very low. Most of women learners stated that community and their husbands have negative attitude about women involvement in adult education program, lack of family support and responsibility holding of the whole family. Regarding opportunities, there is hope that the concerned bodies such as agriculture sector, health, omo microfinance, youth and sport sector, child and women affair, security sector, supervisors, coordinators and educational bureaus should work in cooperation, and that government should give the desired attention for women involvement in integrated functional adult education program in the future, south west Ethiopian regional state get promise to fulfill the facility and ethio telecom also will make a credit service for those women. Thus, to improve the situation, it is recommended that: all the above mentioned stakeholders should play their own role properly, the responsible bodies should help by supplying the adequate teaching-learning material, and all the stake holders should work cooperatively opportunity should be given for women in special case.