PARTICIPANTS’ ASSESSMENT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

This study was aimed at assessing continuing education programmes in Edo State. One hundred and fifty (150) respondents constituted the sample used for the study. A questionnaire was development by the researchers and used for the collection of data. The content validity of the questionnaire was determined by three experts from the Faculty of Education and the test-retest method was used for the reliability of the study. The analysis was done using frequency count and simple percentage. The results revealed that the level of participation in continuing education programmes is highly encouraging and that participants perceived the worth of the programme to be very good. It was also discovered that the facilities for teaching and learning is grossly inadequate while the human resources available at the centres were adequate. It was recommended among other things that adequate facilities should be provided to aid teaching and learning in these centres. Also, the fees charged by privately owned centres should be regulated by the government so as to give every citizen the right to participate in continuing education programmes.