Triumphs, Challenges, and Prospects of the Adult Basic Education Programme in Botswana

Autor/inn/en	Mishack T. Gumbo; Reginald Oats
Titel	Triumphs, Challenges, and Prospects of the Adult Basic Education Programme in Botswana
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 37 (2026) 1, S. 45-55Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mishack T. Gumbo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/10451595251345279
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Adult Basic Education; Foreign Countries; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Adult Educators; Teacher Qualifications; Educational Resources; Continuing Education; Lifelong Learning; Sustainability; Andragogy; Rural Development; Poverty; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Adult education teacher; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrqualifikation; Bildungsmittel; Weiterbildung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Nachhaltigkeit; Andragogics; Andragogik; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Armut
Abstract	Adult education is an internationally recognised framework for national development, especially for unemployed youth and adult learners. The study focuses on Botswana's Adult Basic Education Programme (ABEP). Though the programme is monitored continuously, beneficiaries' views of the triumphs, challenges, and prospects they face are still unknown, which led to the current study evaluating the programme at four villages in Botswana's Kgalagadi district through face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions with education officers, adult educators, and learners. The findings revealed that Botswana has a strong policy for adult education and training, which can ensure providing qualified educators for the programme; ABEP can be workable, achievable, and sustainable if adequately monitored and improved; bad road infrastructure, inadequately qualified educators and limited educational resources, etc. stall the prospects of ABEP. The article sheds insights into how far adult and continuing education can capacitate its beneficiaries. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2026/1/02