The purpose of this qualitative case study was to demonstrate how adult education enabled the process of economic and social change, and national development in Jamaica through a critical review of two cases of adult education provisions in Jamaica since the country gained independence in 1962. Content analysis of various documents from primary…

Sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world most affected by HIV & AIDS, accounting for two-thirds of the global burden of the pandemic. People with disabilities are regarded as a high-risk group for HIV but have been largely neglected in programmes of education, treatment and support. This paper examines the possibilities for a learning…

The article argues that, historically, universities have served a select few individuals as part of modernist not transformative agenda. This highly selective process guarantees students good life. The article argues that university education helps to redress colonial inequities through creating opportunities for graduate employability. However,…

Continuing education of adults plays a vital role in national development and in promoting political and social change. Ways in which adult education affects political change include: increasing the literacy of adults so that they can become responsible citizens; unifying multilingual, multiracial societies through the teaching of English;…

The Caribbean and other parts of the Third World have been preoccupied with becoming nations, in the accepted international sense. Education has been the prime vehicle through which ideologies such as capitalism, Marxism, colonialism, and nationalism have been promulgated. (SK)

This report presents the proceedings of a seminar that brought together almost 30 intellectuals, artists, and development activists from eight African countries and Canada to identify the obstacles to peace in Africa and develop strategies to overcome them. One of the other purposes of the seminar was to develop elements of curriculum and…

Specific suggestions on improving adult literacy programs, based on the author's observations in India. (SP)

Formal educational structures create social inequities which nonformal schooling can partially remedy in developing countries. The author describes the potential usefulness of nonformal education in mass education, reducing urban and rural differentiation, and providing job credentials. Programs can be operated within primary schools or community…

The author, secretary general of the Republic of Zambia, discusses education (and particularly adult education) as a political imperative in Africa. He cites the problems of illiteracy and of the desire for a democratic system, and suggests that population growth must be adjusted to development potential. (MF)

A discussion of Pakistan's plans for utilizing instructional television, particularly for an adult literacy program. (HB)

Outlines perspectives of nonformal education programs: (1) development (human resource development and integrated rural development) and (2) emancipatory (radical and liberal). (SK)

An individual's private values cannot be a criterion for evaluation of values, nor a criterion for their inclusion in educational objectives. Values should stem from the most progressive social trends and, in defining educational objectives, Yugoslavia must remain on the firm ground of self-managing socialist development. (Author)

Lifelong education in Cuba is seen in a socioeconomic context. The characteristics of lifelong education in Cuba are implicit in its revolutionary setting, and the task of carrying it through has become an obligation and a right affecting every citizen. The training of teachers is at present the center of greatest effort. The Literacy Campaign,…

Adult education in China consists mainly in literacy classes, skills training (agricultural, Industrial, and otherwise), and political training. (Author)

Describes impressions of Cuba and its education system eighteen years after the Revolution, from a trip by students and teachers mostly from Florida State University (Tallahassee). Cuba emphasizes adult education, both basic and continuing. Through an intensive campaign the literacy rate was raised to and remains at 96.1 percent. (MF)