The people who are more than twenty years old, are called adult. Arrangement of education to those adults who had either stopped taking education or did not read a word till then, is called adult education.
Education of Primary, Secondary, Higher School or University level, differs from Adult Education. Adult education is introduced to make those people literate who could not continue study during young age, due o any reason, but now they are eager to atleast read, write and speak. There was no any arrangement of adult education in the world before. At first, it was introduced in England. In Pakistan adult education was introduced in Karachi by a Social Organization. Now the importance of adult education is realised in the country and many adult education centers are established in big towns and cities.
The main aims and objects of adult education is to make the literate persons able to read and write. Being the majority of our country very poor, they cannot afford education expenses of their children, so the graph of illiteracy increased in Pakistan. Now the government is also taking part in Adult Education to drive out illiteracy from the country. It is hoped that if the government and institutions, based on this purpose, take more interest, it is true that the majority of our country would be the fruitful citizen.