The place of Adult Education and Community Development in Nation Building

Abstract

The need to introduce change at individual, community and national level is always a burning desire in the minds of development stake-holders. Practitioners have always looked out to discovering and exploring ways of achieving these desires. The paper focused on the ways human needs and problems irrespective of the level (individual, community or national) are addressed. Adult education and community development have been identified as veritable tools for the development of nations. The paper further points out that, through adult education and community development, citizens acquire knowledge, attitude, skill and ability to participate both meaningfully and productively in national development. This paper therefore projects these concepts as complementary tools in the task of nation building.