An Evaluation Of The Organizational Effectiveness Of The National And State Agencies For Adult And Non-Formal Education In Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study was primarily aimed at assessing the organisational effectiveness of the National and State Agencies for Mass Literacy Adult and Non-formal education in Nigeria which have been established to bridge the access, cost and quality gap that existed in the Nigerian educational sector. The study examined the extent to which some identified organisational / management variables have determined the level with which these agencies have been performing towards achieving their organisational goals. The study employed the ex-post-facto survey research design. A total of two hundred and sixty elements formed the sample size of this study. This include twenty (20) senior staff of the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, Sixty (60) Senior staff from six state agencies (one from each geo-political some of Nigeria); one hundred and forty-four (144) local government adult education officers from thirty-six (36) local government areas and thirty-six (36) principal officers of non-governmental organisations. Five instruments were used for data collection. These include: National Commission Staff Questionnaire (NATQUEST), State Agencies Questionnaire (STAQUEST 1), State Agencies/NGO Questionnaire 2 (STAQUEST 2), Local Government/NGO Questionnaire (LOCQUEST), and Programme Assessment Rating Tool (PART) The data obtained were analysed using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and T-test.