Describes pilot project in adult basic education, part of a national development scheme, which was instituted in 1967 with the help of Unesco and the U.N. Development Programme. (JB)

Examines some of the central issues of world literacy and national literacy programs and discusses both their difficulties and successes. (AEA)

This issue contains those materials from a seminar on "Campaigning for Literacy" held at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, on January 4-11, 1982, that concentrate on Asian experience. The "Udaipur Literacy Declaration," presented first, is followed by extracts from the opening addresses and a review of the report, "Campaigning…

The book development plan has established tentative minimum targets for the expansion of book supply in the region between now and 1980. Based on an estimated minimal number of book pages required by pupils, teachers and literacy workers, the 1980 projected per capita supply of educational books should reach 72 pages annually. The supply of…

The history of the literacy campaigns in Nigeria is the story of attempts made to focus on the importance of education outside the school walls and to make it a vehicle of social, political, and economic change. (Author/SK)

This report offers a brief account of Iraq's recent mass literacy initiative, considered within the broader context of illiteracy problems throughout the Arab world. The Iraqi experience is noteworthy for both the size and the unique character of the campaign launched by that nation's Arab Ba'ath Socialist regime. (Author/SJL)

The print version of the first issue of an electronic journal, this document consists of an article by Samuel Simpson, Managua Regional Director of Adult Education in Nicaragua. Simpson's visit to the United States was sponsored by Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, and the Syracuse University Kellogg…

Written in Spanish, the article explains that expanding an adult basic education program, the Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL), necessitates considering the social orientation of MOBRAL in the context of Brazil and of Latin America as a whole. (AG)

EXPERIENCES OF JORDAN, THAILAND, VIET-NAM, ECUADOR, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES, MADAGASCAR, ITALY, VENEZUELA, PERU, INDIA, GHANA, AND COLOMBIA IN THEIR RECENT EXPERIMENTS IN TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR ADULT LITERACY WORK AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION ARE ANALYZED TO ILLUSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR PROCEDURES. GENERALLY…

Papua New Guinea has made tremendous progress by officially recognizing the value of vernacular languages as a resource in the sociocultural, economic, and political development of the country. Many of the strategies of implementation reflect the peculiarities identified with the current momentum in literacy. The strong lower level involvement in…

A pilot project will be established in the city of Amman, Jordan, and its outskirts. Guidelines include: (1) Project activities should be centered around functional literacy; (2) Efforts should be directed to persons engaged in productive activity; (3) The curriculum should be oriented towards the specific work in which the worker is engaged; (4)…

A description of the planning of a mass literacy campaign in India through the development of pilot programs, by 1976, includes: reading material and curriculum development; training programs for supervisors and volunteers; and organization. Emphasis is placed on the need for universities to provide leadership in this area. (LH)

The organization of adult basic education (ABE) in Thailand is outlined, including instructor training, curriculum building, government objectives, and evaluation and administration of ABE programs. (SK)

While the implementation of adult literacy promotion can best be handled at the national level, some important things can be done at the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) level. A persuasive argument can be made on behalf of adult literacy in the SADCC development strategy. The people need to be educated in the…