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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
Peer reviewedOchogwu, Michael G. – Education for Information, 1993
Provides a theoretical overview of the concept of information science as a discipline and analyzes the problems in information science in Nigeria. Highlights include a lack of or inadequate research, curriculum, faculty, prospective students, and information and material resources, and a description of the Africa Regional Centre for Information…
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Developing Nations, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Download full textMinistry of Education, Lisbon (Portugal). – 1991
More than a hundred educational specialists from 51 UNESCO member states and non-governmental education attended the symposium for which this document is the final report. The report describes the Interministerial Programme for the Promotion of Educational Achievement in Portugal (PIPSE), together with other examples of national, regional, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Development
Retamal, Gonzalo – 1992
This position paper describes a concrete strategy to establish early warning systems or diagnostic instruments at the lower elementary school level in United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools. The strategy described is designed to assess the quality of literacy and numeracy skills and to provide criteria for a realistic minimum…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Diagnostic Tests, Early Intervention, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedAlarcao, Isabel; And Others – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1991
Discusses decision making and politics in teacher education. In Papua New Guinea, poor command of the English language led to implementation of an intensive, controversial program in teacher education colleges. The article presents comments on teacher education, language, and competency testing in England, Wales, Brazil, Canada, and the United…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Competency Based Teacher Education, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Denis – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1991
Examines Papua New Guinea's Basic Skills Program to promote teacher competency, particularly in English and mathematics. A study explored 53 teacher college lecturers' perceptions of the national examinations. The lecturers considered that the examinations were neither valid nor reliable, disrupted college life, and were based on political…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Mathematics, Competency Based Teacher Education
Deij, Arjen – Training & Employment, 2002
The French employers federation (MEDEF) has taken the initiative to develop a joint inter-sectoral mechanism for accreditation of occupational competences. The approach analyzes occupations at a more abstract level than the tasks performed within a specific job to facilitate comparison of different occupations from different sectors and allow…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
