By this, the country is now home to the largest number of out-of school children in the world and presents one in six out-of-school children globally. - Deborah Adetuni Egunyomi

It’s that it’s high time all the nations of the world had a precise concept of adult education; and that each government of all nations and countries of the world should be conscious of the fact that without adult education, no nation can develop.

I suggest the need for higher institutions to develop a pragmatic policy of accessing funds set ‎aside for the development of academic and non-academic staff.

Up till now, majority of our people in Nigerian do not know what adult education has for them – even some of the students we lecture here. Each year, we set aside a week for them, which we tag the ‘Orientation Week’, to enlighten them on what adult education stands for. And then, they begin to ask questions on what they could do as an adult educator; and I say to them that it’s a kind of discipline that could make them function in any society. An Adult Educator could get appointment at various ministries. We have agencies for Adult and Non-Formal Education all over the country; and of course, recently, there was an edict passed by the Nigerian National Association of Adult Education (NNAAE) which made the federal government give a statement that every existing university in Nigeria must have an Adult Education Department; and that all colleges of education must also have a Department of Adult Education.