PERSONNEL IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND WORK ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ON ACHIEVING LEARNING OUTCOMES IN LITERACY PROGRAMME, SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised, facilitators of Literacy programme in South West, Nigeria. The sample size of the study was Two hundred (200) respondents selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. Four research questions were raised to guide the conduct of the study. Data was generated through self-structured research instruments by the researchers, titled, “Questionnaire On Personnel in-service Training and Work Environment Impact on Achieving Learning outcomes in Literacy Programme in South-West, Nigeria”. It was fashioned on four likert rating scale of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agreed(A), Disagreed(D) and Strongly Disagreed (SD) rated on 4, 3, 2 and 1 points, respectively. The research instruments were validated by two experts in Test and Measurement, while, the reliability of the instrument was done through, test re-test methods at two weeks interval. 0.69 coefficient reliability was obtained. The data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency counts, simple percentages and mean (X ̅)). Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were made that; facilitators’ salaries were paid very regularly and it would improve their job performance. Also, that in-service training of facilitators has no significant contribution to facilitators’ job performance in literacy programme in South-West, Nigeria, and so on. Based on the conclusions, recommendations were made that the providers of literacy programme in Nigeria should make prompt payment of facilitators’salaries and annual bonus top priorities. Moreover, facilitators should be allowed and encouraged to embark on in-service training for optimal service delivery and productivity.

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