2. An Adult Education is a human being who has
attainted the age of 21 ( or say 18 years as specified by
law). An adult is considered to be a developed and
mature person.
Adult education is the practice of teaching and
educating adults. Adult education takes place in the
work place, folk high schools and Life long Learning
centers. It has also been referred to as Andragogy.
3. To make adults aware of their civic responsibilities to
one another and to the community and the nation.
To make them economically more efficient
To develop sense of responsibility and a knowledge of
how to proceed in making personal adjustments to
home life and family relationship.
To provide the means for encouraging cultural
development and an appreciation of arts.
To provide for the development of educational
interests through opportunity for self expression.
4. o Foundations of Adult Education
o Organization and delivery of Adult education
o Planning Educational programs for Adults
o Administrating Adult Education Program
o Designing the learning environment
o The Adult Learner
o Adult Development and learning
o Characteristics of the adult learner
o The learning process
o The Learning transaction with adults
5. Learning of Adults must be problem centered
Learning of Adults must be experience centered
Learning of Adult must be meaningful to the learner
The learner must be free to examine the experience
The learner must have feedback about progress
towards goal
The learner must be conscious about utility of Adult
education
The learner must have will to participate in Learning
activities.
6. For Individuals
Limited ability to obtain and understand essential information
Unemployment
Lower income
Lower-quality jobs
Precarious financial position
For Society
Since literacy is an essential tool for individuals and states to be
competitive in the new global knowledge economy, many positions
remain vacant for lack of personnel adequately trained to hold them
The higher the proportion of adults with low literacy proficiency is, the
slower the overall long-term GDP growth rate is;
The difficulty understanding societal issues lowers the level of
community involvement and civic participation.
7. Firstly to make adults in the community aware of
individual and community needs
To give such education as will enable them to meet
problems that exists now
Adult education stems directly from the people
The curriculum is based on present needs and
problems
8. Social Education:- The main objects of this program are literacy,
extension, general education and social consciousness. It was in the
period of 1951-56
Gram Shikshan Mohin:- This program was launched in 25 districts
of Maharashtra in the year 1959.
Farmers’ Functional Literacy Project:- This project was lunched
with the aim to aware farmers about high yielding cultivation area and
technology of farming
Workers’ Education:- This program is initiated through Central
Board of workers’ education and its institutes. However. The steps
under this scheme could not be linked to the literacy scheme/projects
being funded under the departments of education of the state or by the
government of India.
9. The functional Literacy of Adult Women Project:- It was
started in the year 1975-76. This scheme targeted at
illiterate adult women to acquire functional skills along
with Literacy, to promote better awareness of health,
hygiene, child care practices and to ring about attitudinal
changes.
National Adult Education Programme NAEP:- It is for
removal of illiteracy in the age group of 15-35. It was
introduced by GOI on 2nd Oct.1978. The aim of this
program was to educate 100 million adults within a time
frame of five years.
However apart from GOI, a large number of NGOs have
also been working to spread adult education in India.
10. Strong and innovative government initiatives for adult education -
in particular, to facilitate community involvement and the smooth
and beneficial integration of technology - will be affected as soon as
possible to expedite this all-important aim of achieving 100%
literacy.
First, an outstanding adult education curriculum framework will
be developed by a new and well-supported constituent body of the
NCERT that is dedicated to adult education, so as to develop
synergy with and build upon NCERT’s existing expertise in
establishing outstanding curricula for literacy, numeracy, basic
education, vocational skills, and beyond.
The curriculum framework for adult education will include at least
five types of programs, each with clearly defined outcomes: (a)
foundational literacy and numeracy; (b) critical life skills (including
financial literacy, digital literacy, commercial skills, health care and
awareness, child care and education, and family welfare.
