DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.027

Pages: 1685-1695

This study was undertaken to examine the impacts of integrated functional adult education programme implementation to empower women in Haramaya woreda. The study employed quasi Experimental Design /longitudinal. Purposive sampling technique was used in this research. All the registered 45 women learners of the center were taken as subjects of the study and for almost one year interventions were done followed by serious follow-ups. Checklists were prepared to collect status of the adult learners in three aspects- numeracy skills, health issues and economic and saving issues of women before and after the intervention. Observations and focus group discussions were also employed to collect data. The results of the 10-month intervention made shows promise for the women who participated in the intervention program: Nearly all women now write their names (97%) - an improvement from the 12 % who could write their names at the start of the program.