ERIC Number: EJ452134
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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"Education for All": A Challenge for the Year 2000.
Mayor, Federico
Prospects, v20 n4 p441-48 1990
Discusses problems facing developing nations in achieving UNESCO's goal of equality of educational opportunity. Mentions continuing inequality in literacy rates between developed and developing countries, and between the sexes. Describes functional illiteracy. Blames lack of progress on rates of demographic growth, pace of educational expansion, lack of resources, waste, and inadequacy of adult education programs. (DK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Impact, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Enrollment Rate, Equal Education, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Lifelong Learning, Literacy Education, Poverty, Public Opinion, Reading Programs, Womens Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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