The primary objective of the Centre is to create awareness on important issues at the grass root level with particular reference to overall and diverse learning needs of all segments of the people of the community and to sensitize community leaders, administrators, political leaders and elders on issues relating to adult literacy, income generation, status of women and women studies, skill improvement activities, population education, consumer protection science temperament. Besides, the Centre is also extending academic support in the development of teaching and learning materials pertaining to societal needs. It also organizes programmes in collaboration with other sister departments of the University and also with State Government departments and other organizations both at the state and national level. The Centre has also re-started regular teaching courses in the form of Diploma and Certificate Courses.

The thrust areas of the Centre is to strengthen the teaching learning process of teachers and students through community participation, to establish closer linkage between formal and non- formal education, to identify the community needs, problems, issues, etc and to develop, establish and give an identity to the discipline of Adult Education, Continuing Education, Extension Education (Field Outreach), Literacy, Post Literacy and Universalisation of Education. The other thrust areas of the Centre also includes Education for Women Empowerment, Environmental Education, Human Rights, Workers Education, Migrants Education, Indigenous Education, HIV/AIDS Education, Adolescence Education, Vocational Education and Training, Information and Communication Technology, Policy Advocacy on Transformation of Adult Learning, Leadership Development and Capacity Building, Science for Masses, Learning Environment and Opportunities for the under privileged, Net Working, Voluntary Action, Action Research, Working with Children, Innovation and Good Practices in Adult Education, E Learning, Counselling and Guidance (Pre-Marital and Career), Teachers Training, Self Employment, Entrepreneurship, Needs of the Aged and Family Life Education.

The objectives of the Centre are:

1.  To push forward the recognition of adult learning and education as an important element of lifelong learning, of which literacy is the foundation.
2. To highlight the crucial role of adult learning and education for the realization of current education and development agendas of the state and the country.
3. To renew the momentum for adult learning, adult education, and to develop the teaching tools for adult learners for implementation in order to move from rhetoric to action.

To develop appropriate strategies to redress the discrepancy between the insights and discourse on one hand and lack of systematic and effective policies and conditions for adult education and learning on the other.