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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
This report analyzes the initial results of UNESCO's Experimental World Literacy Programme and makes recommendations for future action. The meaning of functional literacy is discussed, and pilot projects in twelve countries are briefly described. The analysis reveals that the programme has fallen seriously behind schedule, that the number of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Developing Nations, Experimental Programs
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This report summarizes the High-Level Personnel Exchange Workshop on Curriculum Development that was held in Islamabad and Karachi, Pakistan, November 1-10, 1975. Attending the workshop were nine representatives from Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Purpose of the workshop was (1) to deliberate on the current curriculum activities in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Download full textComite National pour le Programme Mondial d'Alphabetisation, Teheran (Iran). – 1970
Activities and accomplishments (including the role of the Army) in Iran's national literacy campaign are reviewed and evaluated from the first pilot projects (1965) in Ghazvin and Shiraz, up to the latest 1970 statistics on student participation and completion. The system of provincial, urban, and district bodies under the National Committee for…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Developing Nations, Experimental Programs, Females
Furter, Pierre – 1973
The study is a description of the activities undertaken within the framework of the work-oriented adult literacy pilot project in Iran, an evaluation of its first measurable results, and an examination of the problems of functional literacy in the light of the Iranian experiment. The first chapter traces the efforts of the Iranian authorities over…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
