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Education
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Literacy At A Glance (Graph Form) / Illiteracy
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This site aims to be a source of knowledge, resources, and
information on Literacy and Non Formal
Education for Adults and Youth. The
information on this site is provided in order to assist
task teams, and their clients, namely policy makers, program planners, and
development practitioners engaged with the design
and implementation of effective Literacy and Non Formal Education programs.
It also aims to develop a community of practice
in areas related to Non Formal Education
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Oxenham, Diallo, Katahoire, Petkova-Mwangi
& Sall. Skills
and Literacy Training for Better Livelihoods - A Review of Approaches and
Experiences. Africa Region, The World
Bank, March 2002.
(French)
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BELOISYA: Basic Education and Livelihood
Opportunities for Illiterate and Semiliterate Young Adults (Especially Young Women in Countries With Low
Rates of Primary School Enrollment). World Bank
Discussion Paper, 2001. |
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Lauglo, Jon. Engaging With
Adults: The Case for Increased
Support to Adult Basic Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa Region, The World Bank, February
2001. (French) |
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Carr-Hill, Roy A. (ed.) et
al. Adult Literacy Programs in Uganda: An Evaluation.
Africa Region,
The World Bank, January 2001.
Summary in French
Summary in Portuguese
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What is new?
Education Notes: When
Governments Get Creative: Adult Literacy in
Senegal (PDF, 243KB). Aug 2004
Abadzi, Helen.
Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes.
Lessons from Cognitive Research for
Developing Countries. OED. The World Bank. May
2003. (Summary)
Abadzi,
Helen. Adult Literacy. A
Review of
Implementation Experience.(2003).OED. The
World Bank.
Reading
Better and Faster in Burkina Faso. More...
Development
Marketplace Top Award: Same
Language Subtitling (SLS) on TV for Literacy.
More...
Seminar
on Reassessing 'Literacy': Literary Assessment
and Monitoring Program (World Bank and
UIS, Feb.2003) . More
on literacy assessment... "Sourcebook
of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs". Visit
our HIV/AIDS
page for more resources. New
publication from ILO: Education
for work in poor rural areas: A viable strategy of
non-formal education. Also
available in French. Launch
of First Comprehensive Gender and HIV/AIDS Web
Portal - learn
more in our HIV/AIDS page
The
United
Nations Literacy Decade: 2003-2012.
More on The
Literacy Decade and The World Bank Commitments.
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 There are currently 867 million illiterate adults in the world today
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64 percent of illiterate adults are women
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Adult illiterates make up 21% of the world's total population
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There are approximately 113 million children, aged 6 to 11 years, who do not currently attend school
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60 percent of out-of-school youth are girls
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150 million children have received less than 4 years of schooling
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Less than 50%
of Africa's girls complete primary schooling
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Non-formal education and literacy programs rarely receive more than 5%
of national education budgets
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