EXAMINING FACTORS INFLUENCING ATTAINMENT OF LITERACY IN ADULT LEARNERS A CASE STUDY OF ZOMBA RURAL ADULT LITERACY CENTRES M.ED. (TESTING, MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION) THESIS By GIFT GAWANANI MAULUKA BEd (Humanities) – University of Malawi Submitted to the Department of Education Foundations, Faculty of Education, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Education (Testing, Measurement and Evaluation) UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI CHANCELLOR COLLEGE October 2018