Year: 2004
Type: report
Abstract: Executive Summary \nDespite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs \nmake up 1–5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in \ncomparison to primary education. They have had a long and disappointing history of high dropout \nand low achievement. Overall, many of the 1970s campaigns had efficiency rates of about 12.5 \npercent, with few participants acquiring stable literacy skills. \nThe 1990s brought new strategies that included empowering NGOs and focusing on \nexisting groups and on management improvement for governments and cooperating \norganizations. The numbers of participants increased, while dropout and course completion rates \nimproved as a result of increased attention to management,. However the outcomes of literacy \ninstruction are still modest and may have improved little since the 1970s. Social benefits are also \nuncertain.
Author: Helen Abadzi
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDGs: Quality education, No poverty
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2280353126