Triumphs, Challenges, and Prospects of the Adult Basic Education Programme in Botswana
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| Title: | Triumphs, Challenges, and Prospects of the Adult Basic Education Programme in Botswana |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mishack T. Gumbo (ORCID |
| Source: | Adult Learning. 2026 37(1):45-55. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Adult Basic Education Adult Education Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | 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 |
| Geographic Terms: | Botswana |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10451595251345279 |
| ISSN: | 1045-1595 2162-4070 |
| 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. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1491722 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1045-1595 2162-4070 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10451595251345279 |
