CAUSE OF STRESS AND THE STRATEGIES OF MANAGING IT AMONG ADULT LEARNERS IN BORNO STATE AGENCY FOR MASS LITERACY
1Aminchi Daniel, 2Bello Imam Ali & 3Kefas Sallau Buba
1&2Department of Continuing Education & Extension Services University of Maiduguri
3Department of Physical and Health Education, University of Maiduguri
Email: draminchi2014@gmail.com & kefassallau@gmail.com
Abstract: The study examined causes of stress among adult learners and the strategies of managing it. The study has two objectives and two research questions. Self developed questionnaire with Ten (10) items which contain the causes and strategies of managing stress was employed to collect the relevant data from the respondents from two literacy centers in the Agency for Mass Literacy Borno state. 120 questionnaires were distributed to adult learners 60 from each literacy centers through stratified and simple random techniques. The results revealed that combining work with academics causes stress among the adult learners with 98(81.7%) of the respondents. Another finding revealed that organizing work to manage time is another strategy of managing stress with 78(65%). Based on the findings of study, it was recommended that among adults that awareness and seminars should be organized for the category of learners immediately after enrolment exercise to help them manage stress.