Abstract:
There appears that literacy centres in Nigeria do not care about counselling needs of
their clients. Adult learners come to learning centres with a Jot of needs which cannot
only be solved through acquisition of skills of reading, writing and numeracy.
Guidance and counselling services will serve better purpose in this direction. This
paper seeks to advocate for inclusion of guidance and counselling services in adult
literacy programmes in Nigeria. The position is that literacy centres can serve adults
not only in acquisition of literacy skills of reading, writing and numeracy but also
exploring the diverse experiences of literacy participants in solving individual
personal problems brought to the centres. Literacy centres can serve as avenue
where learners can collectively address the problems bogging their colleagues with
the help of their facilitators. The paper recommends that for the possibility of
infusion of G & C in literacy programmes, adult education training outfits must
include G & C in their curriculum. Training and retraining opportunities should be
made available to literacy facilitators in G & C service delivery. Literacy planners and
organizers should create space for adult G & C needs in their programme and by
extension in the time-table in such a way that will not jeopardize the primary motive
of literacy programme
