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Bhola, H. S. – 1985
While the implementation of adult literacy promotion can best be handled at the national level, some important things can be done at the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) level. A persuasive argument can be made on behalf of adult literacy in the SADCC development strategy. The people need to be educated in the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Policy
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
Fourie, J. J. – 1978
The number of illiterates in Africa is increasing, thereby lending urgency to the need for universal adult education and functional literacy compaigns, according to chapter 1 of this detailed research report. Chapter 2 discusses the meaning, history, and nature of adult education in other countries (briefly), and in Africa (in greater detail).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
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