... disseminate information, encourage participation in the education and economy of the communities. To achieve its goal of disseminating useful information and eradicating poverty the adult education ... (medium of instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one of the languages dominate, there is usually an issue about where to place other languages in the education ... London, Longman. Rachal J R (1989), The social context of adult and continuing education, ’ in Merriam S B and Cunningham P M (eds) Handbook of adult and continuing education, San Francisco, Jossey–Bass...