Africa's Educational Dilemma: Roadblocks to Universal Literacy for Social Integration and Change.

Ntiri, Daphne W.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Africa's Educational Dilemma: Roadblocks to Universal Literacy for Social Integration and Change.

Ntiri, Daphne W.

International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, v39 n5 p357-72 Sep 1993

Analyzes the obstacles to universal literacy in Africa including the colonial creation of a two-tier society, rapid population growth, and multiplicity of languages. Suggests that the power structure is such that it has a vested interest in the providing a limited amount of literacy without raising the populace's consciousness. (Contains 30 references.) (MAB)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy, Literacy Education, Minimum Competencies, Power Structure, Racial Discrimination, Role of Education, Social Structure

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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