Practice and Challenges of Functional Adult Literacy Program in Wondo Genet Woreda, Sidama Regio

Abstract

Taking to the roles and importance of education in the human society, nations including Ethiopia have adopted various forms of education to serve as a means of capacity building. Education, literacy and knowledge are further acquired through the various forms of education that includes: formal learning, informal learning and non-formal learning. To achieve a nation’s national goal(s), build a world of true democracy, attain high level of sustenance/living for citizens of a country and develop all citizenry in various capacities; adult/non-formal education is imperative because formal education which is embedded within the principles of formal school system cannot achieve these alone. Adult and non-formal education includes any organized systematic educational activity carried on outside the framework of the formal school system to provide selected type of learning to particular sub-group in the population. According to the director general of UNESCO functional literacy development born (work oriented literacy) was a September, 1965. The merge of functional adult literacy program to educational progress as a whole child of third world. To implement FAL program in developing countries particularly in Ethiopia strengthening the organizational and managerial capacity of FAL is a decisive factor for socio-economic, cultural and political development.In Ethiopia stakeholder’s participation of functional adult education program implementation are not sufficient unless the functional adult literacy centers are properly managed and organized. The former study is the implementation of IFAE in SNNPR Sidama Region,Wondo Genet woreda: the latter, study are the structure and management of IFAE in Chuko town. Functional adult literacy plays an important role in eradicating illiteracy rate in Ethiopia in general and in Sidama Region, Wondo Genet woreda in Chuko town in particular. Functional adult literacy enables the learner to build their capacity in the world of work .The aim of the program is to important literacy and numeric skills to the poor and vulnerable groups that will help them to effectively participate in the economic growth and development process at the community level. But functional adult literacy faced imbalance of literacy distribution to practic