- Author(s): Omeje Mercy Ebere and Prof. Adekola Ganiyu
- Volume 10, June 2021
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of community security personnel on the role of literacy programmes for sustainable peace in Rives State. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study because it uses surveys to gather data about varying subjects. The population of the study was 1000 members of security outfits from six local government areas in Rivers State. The study was guided by two research questions. The sample size was 204 respondents representing 20% of each of the identical Security Outfits from six local government areas in Rivers State who were selected through proportionate sample technique. An instrument titled “Questionnaire on Perception community security personnel on the role of literacy programmes for sustainable peace in
Rivers State (APSDTLEQ, r= 0.79) was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using mean statistics. Findings from the study showed that the role of community literacy for sustainable peace in Rivers State are prevention of armed conflicts and violence, involving people in the planning and implementing programmes of their needs for the community. The study recommended among
others that state adult literacy education agency should include community and substance and drug abuse literacy in their curriculum for youths, adults and adolescent learners who are major stakeholders in development projects of Rivers State.