Assessment of The Contribution of Literacy Education Programme in The Eradication of Youth Restiveness in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State

Abstract

This study examines the extent of contribution of literacy education programme in the eradication of youth restiveness in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study was guided by three research questions. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study constituted of two hundred (200) registered youths from seven (7) adult literacy centers in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State which is made up of seventy (70) females and one hundred and thirty (130) males. The multi-stage sampling procedure involving stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques was used to select one hundred (100) respondents (50% of the population) which was made up of (30) females and (70) males that were randomly selected from the seven literacy centers in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State. The instrument for data collection for this study was a structured questionnaire, titled “Contributions of Literacy Education Programme to the Eradication of Youth Restiveness (QCLEPEYR) and was face validated by three experts. Using the Cronbach Alpha method, an overall reliability co-efficient of 0.77 was obtained, which indicated that the instrument has internal consistency. The data collected was analyzed using mean statistics. The criterion mean of 2.50 was used to accept an item as high extent for Clusters, while below 2.50 was low extent and disagree respectively for the various clusters. Findings show that literacy education programme has contributed to the eradication of youth’s restiveness through economic, political and socio-cultural empowerment. This study concludes by recommending that government should employ strategies to economically empower youth to be self-reliant and that qualified instructors are recruited in adult literacy education delivery.