Adult education is education given to the adults or grown-up people of a country in different forms.It generally means teaching uneducated adults how to read and write.But it also means teaching them the ways of working efficiently in their different professions or places of work.It may also mean teaching them better ways of living,enjoying life or making use of their time.
Adult education is necessary in a country likes ours.About 75% of our adults are uneducated and illiterate.They cannot easily learn new ways of doing work in their different professions.Consequently,they cannot easily progress or earn much.
Through proper adult education,our working people can become more useful for the society and the country.They can serve their nation well by learning better ways of working on their jobs.Educated laborers can easily learn ways of working new machines.They can read books about the different techniques of production.Thus,they can become efficient industrial workers and can increase the production of their country.
Educated adults know or understand their rights and duties and the laws of the country much better than uneducated people.They can read newspapers and magazines and can learn about social and natural problems.They can discuss the political,social and economic aims of the government and the programs of political parties.Then they can elect the most suitable candidates for for positions of power.
Minister,members of Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies,educationists,social workers and economic experts should discuss the ways of educating the common people in the mass media.
Under the national education plan,literacy centers can be set up in every part of the country.All kinds of buildings,like those of schools,factories,Union Council Halls,hotels,restaurants and government offices can be used.Temporary structures for teaching can be erected,especially in the villages.Teaching can be more effective through television and radio programs,films,discussions and practical demonstrations of teaching materials.
Our schools,colleges and universities can provide adult education.Special classes for adults can be held there after the regular classes are over.There adults can be taught languages like Urdu and English.
In India,apart from lack of education among the younger generation there is also the problem of adult illiteracy.Many people in India do not receive educationn because of poverty,lack of educational facilities or social conditioning,especially in case of girls.The Nation Literacy Mission(of India) was started in 1988 and they have many adult education programs now running in all over the India.The aim was to provide functional literacy to ten crore people by the year 1997.Thus,many adult education centers and libraries have been opened.Many non-conventional methods like theatres are being used to help make adults literate,particularly in villages.Many voluntary agencies have done good work in this field
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