Successful adult literacy and basic education programs are notoriously difficult to achieve. One reason for this has to do with how the question, "literacy for what?" is answered for a given program. All too frequently, the answer to that question is shaped more by the goals of the literacy provider than it is by learners' own goals and…

Although failures have been encountered in the West African cooperative movement, farm cooperatives are an indispensable tool for rural development. They can generate an investment budget at the village level and can provide a stimulating framework for education. The Senegalese farm cooperative movement has experienced a number of problems. Three…

This is the second and final study of the work accomplished by the Senegal/UNESCO pilot project for the production, utilization, and evaluation of a broad range of audiovisual media and materials, including radio and television, for adult education. The project began full operations in 1965 and ended in 1970. This publication describes in some…

The document reports on the activities undertaken and the results achieved in a project intended to develop cooperatives of food producers (including fisheries, farming and fruit growing) in Senegal. Three consultants were requested of and provided by the International Labor Organization, for the United Nations Development Program. Working with…

The case studies described in this book provide examples of initiatives illustrating the role of adult education in development and its contribution to the process of change in developing countries. The book is organized in five sections. Case studies in Part 1, "Health Education," illustrate the links between primary health care and…

ATTITUDE CHANGES AMONG 500 MOSTLY ILLITERATE WOMEN IN AN AFRICAN CITY BROUGHT ABOUT IN 1965 BY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION CLUB MEETINGS INDICATE FUTURE SUCCESS FOR AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA IN EASING THE TRANSITION FROM RURAL TO URBAN LIFE AND IN EFFECTING A NATIVE- CONTROLLED CHANGEOVER FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN NATIONAL LIFE. FAMILY HEALTH AND HYGIENE WERE…

This collection contains four papers discussing the outcomes of an international research project on the concept of lifelong education and its implications for educational reforms and development in developing nations. The following papers are included: "Rural Newspapers and Other Learning Strategies for Post-Literacy and Basic Education in…

One in a series of studies of lifelong learning, this paper discusses the cultural and educational needs of selected urban and rural communities in Senegal and Ghana, emphasizing grassroots initiative and the community's analysis of its own needs. Information is drawn in part from surveys, public meetings, and interviews in three communities:…

The private sector is playing an increasingly important role in financing and providing educational services in many countries. (Often the term "private sector" encompasses households' out-of-pocket expenses rather than describing for-profit or not-for-profit sectors.) Private sector development has not arisen primarily through public…