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Mpogolo, Z. J. – 1990
The United Republic of Tanzania was perhaps the first African country to give urgent attention to adult literacy. One of the immediate results of educating adults was to make them insist that schooling be provided for their children. The literacy campaign that started in 1971 reduced the 1969 illiteracy rate of 69 percent to 9.6 percent in 1986.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Viscusi, Margo – 1971
This study, essentially a personal description is the first to deal with one of the pilot projects in functional literacy, part of the UNESCO experimental adult literacy program. The project discussed is a work-oriented literacy undertaking in Tanzania. Following a brief survey of the background of the project, the present situation is described.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Agricultural Education, Community Coordination, Continuing Education Centers
