This article examines the development and structure of the Tanzanian adult education program. National literacy, national health, worker's education, and the institute of adult education are discussed. (DE)

Adult education programs are shown to be complementary to the proposed Universal Primary Education program in Nigeria by encouraging the development of personal abilities and social, moral, and intellectual responsibility in relation to local, national and world citizenship. Specific suggestions for general, vocational, and practical education are…

Emphasis placed on adult education in Tanzania stems directly from the decision to bring about development through an egalitarian rural transformation. The political decision to stress socialist development with priority to those living in rural areas preceded the creation of the adult education network and shaped its structures and organization.…