Influence of adult education programmes on poverty alleviation strategies in Oyigbo local government area of Rivers State

This study examined the Influence of Adult Education Programmes on Poverty Alleviation Strategies in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprises the four thousand five hundred and thirty-five (4,535) registered small scale industries in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. The random sampling technique is applied to realize a sample size of 325. The instrument used for data collection is a self-construct questionnaire. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire is 0.72. Three research questions were posed and three hypotheses were also formulated for the study. The data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed with arithmetic mean and standard deviation, while the hypotheses were tested with z-test at 0.5 level of significance. A careful analysis of the data and testing of the hypotheses revealed a significant relationship between adult education programmes and poverty alleviation strategies in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State. To this end, the Researcher recommended amongst others that: the government of Rivers state should endeavour to set up poverty alleviation programmes to further support prospective and practicing Entrepreneurs in the State; Entrepreneurship education should be included in the curriculum of both secondary and tertiary education levels in order to promote self-reliance among the people of Oyigbo Local Government Area in particular and Rivers State in general which is one of the basic principles of Community development.