By Lydia Ngoolo
Makueni County Adult Continuing Education Officer Prisca Nduku has lauded the adult education programme in the county.
Speaking to Education News after celebrating the World Literacy Day, Nduku thanked her team describing it as one of the best teams to work with.
The adult education program entails basic literacy, post literacy, Adult Continuing Education Primary (ACEP), Adult Continuing Education Secondary (ACES) and Functional literacy and communication.
“For ACEP and ACES, we use formal school curriculum and Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) does the examining,” added Nduku.
The functional level program integrates all the other levels and learners earn as they learn.
Community empowerment program trains on some courses like Teacher certificate and adult education and is open to all members of the public.
Nduku said there are 118 basic learning centres with 2154 learners,86 post literacy centres with 1361 learners, 224 ACEP learners in 18 centres and 233 ACES learners in 21 centres.
Average daily attendance is different. There are 1231 learners in basic literacy centres, 732 in post literacy, 99 in ACEP and 122 in ACES.
Nduku encouraged males in the area to come out in large numbers and join the literacy centres.
A quick check in national exam performance showed that in 2020 KCPE there were 22 candidates. The highest score was 328 marks while the lowest was 171. The mean grade was 246.77.
In KCSE 2019, the highest score was B minus while in 2020, the highest score was C+.
There are 25 registered candidates for KCPE 2021 while KCSE has 54 registered candidates.
The education officer decried the shortage of staff and resources.
“We have only one motorbike. There are also four unoperational classrooms,” added Nduku.
She added that they lack computers though they liaised with Cameroon Bible College in Nzaui who trained 15 of their learners.
She thanked the government for the support so far and expressed hope that the other challenges will be addressed.
