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Direct linkTuruwark Zalalam Warkineh; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Tizita Lemma Melka; Yeraswork Megerssa Bedada; Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2025
Although Traditional Ethiopian Orthodox Church Education (TCE) has been involved in literacy teaching for over two millennia, its potential as a model and an asset for adult literacy programmes has not been recognised by literacy providers. This paper examines how people of different generations acquire and practise literacy within TCE, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Indigenous Populations, Christianity
Lakes, Richard D.; Lewis, Linda H. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
The Literacy Improvement Needs Collaboration in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was assisted by African-American ministers from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in recruiting adults from the community for a literacy program and 50 volunteers to serve as tutors and community liaisons. Some of the stigma of illiteracy was alleviated by using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Blacks, Church Programs
BCEL Newsletter for the Business Community, 1984
The major adult basic skills programs in the country are reaching about 5 percent of adults needing help with their basic skills. All are identifiable entities with their own organizational pattern, funding base, and goals. There is an increasing degree of cooperation among them. The federal Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program is the largest…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Churches
