FACTORS%20AFFECTING%20ATTRITION%20IN%20THE%20ADULT%20EDUCATION%20PROGRAMME:%20AN%20EXPLORATION%20OF%20TINTO%E2%80%99S%20MODEL%20AND%20

Mustapha%20Salisu%20Department%20of%20Adult%20and%20Non-formal%20Education,%20School%20of%20Education,%20Sa%E2%80%99adatu%20Rimi%20College%20of%20Education%20Kumbotso,%20Kano%20
Volume%205(1),%20January%202014

Abstract

The%20paper%20examines%20the%20concepts%20and%20theory%20of%20attrition%20from%20empirical%20studies%20and%20aligned%20its%20causes%20to%20trends%20in%20learners%20attrition%20in%20adult%20education%20programmes%20in%20Nigeria.%20Using%20Tinto%E2%80%99s%20model%20the%20paper%20highlighted%20on%20the%20strategies%20to%20be%20adopted%20by%20adult%20education%20facilitators%20to%20reduce%20the%20incidence%20of%20attrition%20in%20Nigeria%E2%80%99s%20Adult%20and%20Non-formal%20education%20sector.%20%0AKey%20Words:%20Attrition,%20Adult%20Education%20and%20Tinto%E2%80%99s%20Model