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The study aimed at exploring the practice, challenges, and contributions of community
learning centers: Fogera Woreda in focus. The qualitative approach with case study design
has been employed with the constructivist paradigm. The sample was composed of a
coordinator, a facilitator, the woreda administrator, a regional expert, DVV’s (Deutscher
Volkshochschul-Verband) focal person, and DVV’s Project manager for the interview, and
six (6) community learning centers learners were selected purposively. Data was collected
using observation, semi-structured in-person and telephone interviews, Focus Group
Discussion, and document analysis. To analyze the data collected and to explore the
meanings, narrative thematic analysis was employed as a major data analysis method. As
a result, the following findings were obtained, the community learning center (CLC)
contribute to improve the socio-economic status of participants and the community. The
practice in the community learning center supports the integrated functional adult
education programs with the proper improvement of training methods. Self-learning is
practiced. Adult literacy education and vocational training were not provided at Gazo
CLC. Suitable infrastructures, human resources, and vocational training materials, the
training is given to the facilitator and the facilitator’s salary remains insufficient. There
are no assessment strategies designed. Training and education are unscheduled. There is
also the disintegration of sectors and they have insufficient support to the center. The CLC
faced challenges including Lack of budgeting, the disintegration of stakeholders, political
interference, insufficient human resources, and forgetting the objective. The way outs for
the listed findings encompasses training facilitators and paying sufficient payment,
incorporate CLC functions in stakeholders’ to-do list, putting literacy as criteria to join
handicrafts and vocational training, scheduling any training, designing assessment
strategies, avoiding unnecessary political interference, budgeting, refunding and
equipping the center, providing all inputs and services only at the center, fulfilling the
manpower, creating a self-assisting environment, and the Governmental Organizations
and Non-Governmental Organizations should reconstruct the center based on Ministry of
Education’s CLC standards |
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