Practices and Challenges of Integrated Functional Adult Education In Yeka Sub-City; Addis Ababa.
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2021-08
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The purpose of this study was to investigatethe practices and challenges of integrated
functionaladult Education (IFAE) program in Yeka Sub-city, Addis Ababa. In the study, both
quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were employed. Accordingly, 140 adult
learners (six males, 134 females), 16 (six males and ten females) facilitatorsin questionnaire and
six participants, six facilitators and four experts by interviewing of Integrated Function of Adult
Education (IFAE) program in Yeka sub-cty were participants of thestudy. Questionnaires,
interview and document analysis were used and frequency, percentage and thematic analysis were
used for analysis data. Finally, Findings showed that many of the IFAEP learners were housewives
with the agerange from 15-45 and the most facilitators were grade 10 completers. In the program
various themes were delivered based the need and economy of the participant; The learners learnt
in comfortable learning center and time; the stakeholder participation in IFAEPwas low; absence
the formulating administrating structure of the program; creating awareness about IFAE program
for enrolling and increasing the learner of the program; The performance of the learner assessed
by test, and asking the question; IFAE program helps to know the word and number and to increase
time to time; and the hindering factors of the IFAEprogram in Yeka sub-city were absence
ownerships the IFAEP; lack of interest the participants of the program, have not given the training
opportunity for facilitator; low participation of the stakeholder; absence of their own learning
center; absenceof management structure of the program; absence guideline document of the
program, and lackof teaching skills of the facilitator; and high workloads of the learner. Therefor,
the effectiveness of the IFAEP, the government should become to create awareness about the
program, formulate their sector (should become to work separately with education sector),
construct the learning center, work with various stakeholder, formulate administrating structureof
the program, and controlled the implementer of the program.
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Integrated, Functional, Adult, Adult Education, Yeka Sub-city., pedagogical practice, Inclusive Education, preschool