Factors Obstruct the Uses of Advanced Technology in Provision of Adult Education Programmes

Social Science

This study investigates factors hinder the uses of advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes in Tanzania. The study used qualitative research designs as it concentrates on how the research participants relate to the problem by focusing on their written and spoken words and their observable behaviour. The study used both primary and secondary data. The sample consisted a total sixty-four (64) respondents who categorized as 12 adult education facilitators, 50 adult learners, 1 adult education officer and 1 resident tutor. respondents were involved in providing the information for the questionnaires, both open-ended and closed questions were used to gather data from the respondents. The study findings show that factors hinder the uses of advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes are including insufficient of funds which limit institution to have advanced technology tools, a small number of trained personnel who could use advanced technology in teaching and learning process and lastly absence of strong policies for using ICT tools which would guide all the members of the organization to use them in teaching and learning process. This study recommended that the government must emphasize the uses of ICT tools to those higher learning institutions and all institutions providing adult education programmes. This could help to ensure the provision of quality education and simplify the learning process for adult learners.

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