Practice of Volunteerism: Adult Education in Rural Areas of Pakistan

Abstract

Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. It can mean any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal fulfillment as a lifelong learner. The learning happens in many ways and in many contexts just as all adults' lives differ. Adult learning can be in any of the three contexts, i.e. Formal structured learning; non-formal learning & informal education. Volunteering practice has been proved effective by different educationists and researchers of the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of volunteerism in adult education in rural areas of Pakistan at district Chakwal. This study was carried out by reviewing the literature in the field of volunteerism in adult education in rural areas of Pakistan at district Chakwal. Data were collected from the internet, books and through interviews. The collected data were analyzed through applying descriptive statistics. The findings of study showed that people are not involved in volunteerism in adult education in rural areas of Pakistan at district Chakwal. DLO, Dy. DLO and NGO’s are running adult literacy programs in rural areas. Volunteerism may be reinforced in rural areas of Pakistan at district Chakwal, through awareness and provision of adult education. Adult education is useful with the inclusion of volunteers, social workers and NGO’s in rural areas of Pakistan. The adult learners should have more NFBEC’s and ALC’s in the rural areas of Pakistan.