Planning of Non-Formal Education Curriculum through Empirical Evidence in Nigeria
Keywords:
Non-Formal Education, Curriculum, Empirical Evidence.Abstract
Planning of non-formal education curriculum is one of National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education’s (NMEC) responsibilities. NMEC is faced with inadequate and unreliable statistics. This study is of the opinion that in view of the paucity of adequate and reliable statistics in Nigeria, the best option is to rely on empirical evidence for the planning of non-formal education curriculum. Such empirical evidence should emanate from qualitative rather than quantitative data. The paper discusses the methodology of measuring qualitative data, such as participant observation, in-depth-interviewing, field work, documentation, etc. Other important discussions include forms of non-formal education, its peculiarities and characteristics and its programmes and their components.
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