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Peer reviewedByrne, Anne – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1994
Describes Australia's program of educational assistance to developing countries, indicating that over three-quarters of the assistance is for higher education. Suggests that the program's bias is driven by commercial considerations. Advocates increased assistance to basic education programs because of their greater relevance to developing…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Peer reviewedChowdhury, A. M. R.; And Others – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1994
Describes Assessment of Basic Competencies (ABC), a methodology for measuring writing, arithmetic, and selected life skills that is simple, inexpensive, and easy to reproduce. Provides results of a pilot implementation of ABC among 2,100 children in Bangladesh between the ages of 11 and 12. (35 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Developing Nations, Early Adolescents
Jules, Didacus – Prospects, 1988
Examines the question of illiteracy in the Caribbean relative to international trends in adult education. Identifies Jamaica's JAMAL literacy program and Grenada's Centre for Popular Education as the dominant influences on the development of adult education programs. Views strategic planning, as found in these programs, as a necessity for success.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Download full textCreative Associates International, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1993
This document discusses the need to increase the amount of U.S. international funding that goes to basic education. Because U.S. foreign aid programs are reviewed prior to a new fiscal year, this paper suggests that people can make a difference by working to raise the profile of basic education and by encouraging U.S. policymakers to increase…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developing Nations
