Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine and evaluate “The Effect of Illiteracy on Cooperative Organization in Mbaitolu Local Government Area of Imo State.” The research work covers all the registered Cooperative Societies in the area. Two sources of data were used namely: The Primary and the Secondary data. Questionnaires were also used as research instruments to supplement information from the books and journals. Research questions were constructed to get feed back of the problems faced by the cooperative societies in the Local Government Area. This work is divided into five chapters. The Background of the study, the Statement of Problems, Scope and Limitation of the study, Objectives of the study, Research Questions were treated in this work. Others include Significance of study and Limitation of the study and Definition of terms.
In Chapter Two, Literature review on past-related works will be discussed. In chapter three, the research is designed and methodology was discussed, including population of the study, sample size, sampling techniques, method of data collection, which will help give the result. In chapter four, presentation of data, analysis and interpretation of data was discussed. Finally, chapter five deals with the summary of the findings. In the course of the study, the researcher aimed at assessing how illiteracy affects the performance of cooperative societies in the area, from the information given, the problem that seem to hinders cooperative business in the local government area are as follows: Lack of funds, lack of government support, inadequate cooperative education of members and lack of social /infrastructural facilities. The study also proffered some recommendations to improve the performance of cooperative societies in the local government area.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract vi
Table of contents vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
Background of the study 1
Statement of the problem 6
Objective of the study 7
Research question 9
Statement of hypothesis 9
Significance of the study 10
Scope of the study 12
Limitation of the study 12
Definition of terms 13
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review 14
2.1 Meaning and Concepts of Illiteracy 15
2.2 Problems of Illiteracy on the economy of Imo state 16
2.3 The Effects of Illiteracy 18
2.4 Meaning and Concept of Cooperative 22
Education and Training
Importance of Cooperative Education and Training Among cooperative members in the society 26
Problems that Militate Against Effective Cooperative Education and Training 28
Issues Calling for Cooperative Education 31
2.9 Summary and Conclusion 36
References 37
CHAPTER THREE
- Research Methodology 38
3.1 Introduction 38
3.2 Research design 38
3.3 Sources/method of data collection 39
3.4 Population and sample size 40
3.5 Sample Techniques 41
3.6 validity and Reliability of measuring instrument 44
3.7 Method of Data Analysis 45
CHAPTER FOUR
- Data Presentation and Analysis 46
4.1 Introduction 46
4.2 Data Presentation 46
4.3 Analysis of data 49
4.4 Test of Hypothesis 61
4.5 Interpretation of data 70
CHAPTER FIVE
- Summary of Findings, Conclusion and Recommendation 71
5.1 Introduction 71
- Summary of Findings 71
- Conclusion 74
5.4 Recommendation 76
Bibliography 79
Appendix 81