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Direct linkOjogwu, C. N. – College Student Journal, 2009
Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations to help underdeveloped countries to overcome problems of illiteracy, poverty, low health status and quality of life. Much emphasis was placed on the attainment of MDG targets in education because of its pivotal role in national development. The targets include education for all…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Barriers
Omolewa, M. A. – Bulletin of the Association of African Universities, 1974
From 1923-60, there was considerable transformation in the content, goal, and method of instruction of traditional adult education in Nigeria. The development of literacy programs, fundamental education, evening classes and continued education, and liberal education and university extension courses are traced. The influences of the British…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
International Inst. for Adult Literacy Methods, Teheran (Iran). – 1980
Approximately 200 items are listed in this bibliography of materials pertaining to adult literacy in Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, the Sudan, and Tanzania. The listed materials are categorized according to country and deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) adult education and adaptation to change in Nigeria; (2) adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Developing Nations
Download full textINTELECON Research & Consultancy Ltd., Vancouver (British Columbia). – 1991
The geo-demographic, economic, and infrastructural makeup of 12 African countries (Botswana. Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) were compared to determine the potential benefits to them of a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) distance education initiative. Data were collected on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver (British Columbia). – 1990
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) met with West African Commonwealth countries to furnish participants with information about the reasons for establishment of COL, its objectives, functions, and structure. Participants for the meeting came from The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria. Opening sessions focused on COL and distance education as the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
Muller, Anne, Ed.; Murtagh, Teresa, Ed. – Education Today, 2002
In 2000, approximately 877 million adults worldwide were illiterate and 113 million children did not attend school. More than two-thirds of those individuals lived in East and South Asia, and two-thirds were females. Functional illiteracy remains high in developed and developing nations alike. The reasons include weak training in how to teach…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Community Education
