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Improving the Quality of Basic Education, Volume 6. Country Papers: Antigua, Bermuda, India, St. Kitts, Nevis, Turks & Caicos Islands. Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (11th, Barbados, October 29-November 2, 1990).
Commonwealth Inst., London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Antigua; (2) Bermuda; (3) India; (4) St. Kitts and Nevis; and (5) Turks and Caicos Islands. Charts and statistical data support each country's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture
Improving the Quality of Basic Education, Volume 7. Country Papers: Botswana, Namibia, Pakistan. Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (11th, Barbados, October 29-November 2, 1990).
Commonwealth Inst., London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Botswana; (2) Namibia; and (3) Pakistan. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Improving the Quality of Basic Education, Volume 8. Country Papers: Nigeria, St. Lucia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (11th, Barbados, October 29-November 2, 1990).
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Nigeria; (2) St. Lucia; (3) Tanzania; and (4) Zimbabwe. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Improving the Quality of Basic Education, Volume 5. Country Papers: Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Kenya, Uganda. Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (11th, Barbados, October 29-November 2, 1990).
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Brunei Darussalam; (2) Canada; (3) Kenya; and (4) Uganda. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Canadian Studies, Comparative Education
Broken Words. Why Five Million Canadians Are Illiterate. The Southam Literacy Report: A Special Southam Survey.
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Calamai, Peter – 1987
This booklet contains 29 articles about literacy that originally appeared in newspapers across Canada during September 1987. Many are based on the extensive findings of a national literacy survey of 2,398 Canadian adults commissioned by Southam Inc. The survey provided the first real statistics about the state of literacy in the country;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Needs
Literacy. LeaderPost Special Report.
1987
This special report is a look at illiteracy across Canada and in Saskatchewan. It includes stories by Peter Calamai, a national correspondent with Southam News, and by Regina Leader-Post reporters Kevin O'Connor, Zena Olijnyk, Ron Petrie, and Beverley Spencer. The publication also includes stories by the Canadian press. Calamai's stories are the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, American Indians