Social Ills and Higher Education’s Community Service Function: The Strategic Role of Adult and Non-Formal Education Departments in Tertiary Institutions’ Community Engagement Practice

Fatima B. A. Faroq

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The paper places adult and non-formal education departments at the centre of tertiary institutions’ role in combatting social ills in the country. Introduction provided a background on social vices and the link with higher education. A discussion of the types, causes and effects of social ills formed the next section while the community service function of higher education was highlighted as a reason for active role in addressing societal problems. Adult and non-formal education departments’ pivotal role in tertiary education’s intervention was examined followed by the conclusion and recommendation among which is a call for greater synergy among all faculties and schools in engaging with communities to solve society’s problems with adult and non-formal education departments being the hub for new and innovative programming.


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