Abstract
The focus of the paper is to assess how far Adult Education has helped to bring about social change or transformation to urban and rural poor in Lesotho, the ‘kingdom in the sky’ in Southern Africa. To pursue this, two contending thoughts are discussed. Some educationists negate the idea that adult education, as a provision of education in general, perpetuates social inequalities that have existed and continue to exist in Lesotho. They assert that education serves as an instrument that integrates the advantaged groups into the top class elite and in so doing, the basic structures of social inequalities are being further strengthened in Lesotho. This thought is contradicted by those who regard adult education as an agent for social change with emphasis on its importance and value it provides to the well being of the urban and rural poor in Lesotho. The Institute of Extra Mural Studies (IEMS) and such other education institutions play a significant role in bringing about social change in Lesotho. This study affirms that further research has to be undertaken to assess the impact of adult education programmes on developing human resources.
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