Adult Education in India: A Challenge and an Opportunity.

Institution	Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India).
Titel	Adult Education in India: A Challenge and an Opportunity.
Quelle	(1973), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Farmer Education; Adult Literacy; Adult Programs; Adult Vocational Education; Agencies; Developing Nations; Education Service Centers; Educationally Disadvantaged; Extension Education; Foreign Countries; Functional Literacy; Government Role; Literacy Education; National Programs; Program Descriptions; Supplementary Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Service center; Service centers; Service centre; Service centres; Pädagogisches Zentrum; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Ausland; Funktionale Kompetenz; nicht übertragen; Ergänzungsunterricht; Indien
Abstract	Major adult literacy and adult education programs in India are described in the brochure, which covers a wide sector of interests and target groups. Major programs described are: (1) mass literacy programs, discussing demography and various strategies; (2) Kisan Saksharta Yojana, discussing various strategies for farmers' functional literacy programs; (3) production of literature for neo-literates, examining ways to provide appropriate material; (4) adult schools, examining part-time educational offerings; (5) library services, discussing facility expansion; (6) adult education of workers, describing training; (7) Polyvalent Adult Education Centers (Shramik Vidyapeeths), describing a network of centers providing general, vocational, civic, cultural and aesthetic aspects of education; (8) extension education, describing agricultural education programs through agricultural universities; (9) national board of adult education, describing its formation and functions; (10) universities, adult and continuing education, describing the integration of adult education concepts into universities; (11) voluntary effort and adult education, describing various voluntary organizations and institutions involved with literacy education; (12) mass media in adult education, describing the educational use of radio, television, films, and newspapers; (13) programs for non-student youth, describing various activities; (14) research and evaluation, examining various studies and research needs. (LH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC