The Impact of Educational Broadcasting on Adult Literacy Development in Abraka, Delta State

This study examined the impact of Educational Broadcasting on Adult Literacy Development in Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. It focused on the pattern of educational broadcasting usage among the adult learners; influence of frequency of exposure of adult learners to educational broadcasting programmes; and influence of educational broadcasting on adult learners in Abraka, Delta state. Four (4) research questions were raised to guide the study. The cross-sectional research design was adopted with a sample size of ten respondents. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Simple percentages and were used for data analysis. The findings show that the pattern of educational broadcasting usage among the adult learners include listening to broadcasting media, listening to radio/television instruction to prepare for classroom instruction and buying multimedia instruction to aid learning process; adult literacy program can be developed via learner-centered approach, social learning, flexible delivery, professional development. the influence of exposure of adult learners to the educational broadcasting program include Provision of a convenient avenue for adult learning other than classroom instruction, convincing illiterate adults to join adult class and motivation to learn; and the impacts of educational broadcasting on adult literary development include enablement to read classroom instructional materials, to read and write English language, to understand other instructional materials not similar to what they were taught. It was concluded that adult literacy is a critical component of the nation's human capital development. and educational broadcasting is often use as a teaching method which involves the use of audio-visual aids and is often combined with different types of interactions. It was recommended among others that government and stakeholders should implement and develop adult literacy programme in Abraka, to enhance nature building and development.