ABSTRACT
This study was designed to evaluate the perception of adults as major stakeholders on the implementation of the rural development programmes in Edo State, Nigeria. Primarily, the study sought to identify the types of rural development programmes, determine the usefulness of the programmes, the level of performance in terms of the extent of attainment of objectives, level of durability, impact of the programmes provided, the strategies employed for their execution and the extent of involvement of the adults in the implementation of the programmes. In order to attain the purposes intended, eight (8) research questions were raised and eight (8) research hypotheses were formulated and tested. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level.. The descriptive design was employed to carry out the study. Questionnaire was the major instrument used for data collection for the study. This was complemented with a structured interview schedule. Data were collected from 522 adult respondents in the communities involved in the implementation of the programmes selected randomly using a table of random numbers. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics comprising of frequency distribution, mean score analysis and simple percentages for all the research questions examined. In the case of the research hypotheses, inferential statistics involving t-test of significant difference between two independent sample means and, the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were utilized.
OSAWARU, F (2021). An Evaluation Of The Perception Of Adults On The Rural Development Programmes In Edo State, Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/an-evaluation-of-the-perception-of-adults-on-the-rural-development-programmes-in-edo-state-nigeria
OSAWARU, FRANCIS "An Evaluation Of The Perception Of Adults On The Rural Development Programmes In Edo State, Nigeria" Afribary. Afribary, 05 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/an-evaluation-of-the-perception-of-adults-on-the-rural-development-programmes-in-edo-state-nigeria. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
OSAWARU, FRANCIS . "An Evaluation Of The Perception Of Adults On The Rural Development Programmes In Edo State, Nigeria". Afribary, Afribary, 05 May. 2021. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/an-evaluation-of-the-perception-of-adults-on-the-rural-development-programmes-in-edo-state-nigeria >.
OSAWARU, FRANCIS . "An Evaluation Of The Perception Of Adults On The Rural Development Programmes In Edo State, Nigeria" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/an-evaluation-of-the-perception-of-adults-on-the-rural-development-programmes-in-edo-state-nigeria