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Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi. – 1980
This publication contains the proceedings of a conference held to discuss adult education and the National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) in India. Four major addresses are included in the booklet, along with references to other speeches, group discussion reports, resolutions, and recommendations. Inaugurating the conference, Shri J.J. Kidwai…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Economic Development, Educational Development
Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi. – 1980
A nationwide Adult Education Programme (NAEP), with the object of providing adult education to 100 million adults within five years, was inaugurated in India in October, 1978. A conference held in New Delhi in June, 1979, discussed the problems of training enough adult education instructors to implement the program throughout the country,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1975
The paper is one of a series from the Indian Directorate of Adult Education. Intended to stimulate reflection and discussion among educationists about the long-term perspectives, roles, and functions of universities in various aspects of adult continuing and nonformal education, the paper makes specific suggestions on opening universities to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Download full textMinistry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1975
The Farmers Training and Functional Literacy Programme, initiated by the government of India in 1968, was an effort to translate into practice the concept of linking education (not only vocational training) to development, particularly for increasing production. The project, a joint enterprise of three government ministries, provides participating…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Skills
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1971
The Asian Regional Seminar on Polyvalent Adult Education Centers, held during September, 1971 in Bombay, was attended by individuals representing United Nations agencies, Afghanistan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Phillippines, Singapore, South Vietnam, and Thailand. Seminar objectives included…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Education, Conference Reports
Chandrasekhar, Rajkumari – 1982
This book presents an overview of and prescription for adult education in India. Following an introduction to the problem of illiteracy in India, the book's 14 chapters cover a broad spectrum of adult education issues. Topics discussed include adult education and national development; roles of voluntary organizations, universities, colleges, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Bhola, H. S. – 1982
A model for evaluation planning of post-literacy programs involves listing possible evaluation needs, administration of evaluation, and dissemination of evaluation results for utilization by all potential users. Questions that should be pursued in evaluating post-literacy can be divided into these categories: (1) questions at the interface…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults
