Non-formal education as a means to poverty reduction and community development? : a comparative study of adult literacy in four communitiesin the Ho …

2010

Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 This research work examines the impacts of the literacy programme on the improvement of literacy, education, reduction of poverty and community development, especially in the rural and poor communities. The work sets out to put across a measure of knowledge on how literacy could assist in making non-literates and the poor in society functionally literate, at the same time provide them with livelihood skills towards improved living standards and the development of their various communities. Non-formal education, that is the functional literacy programme, was set up in communities with the aim of providing literacy and life skil…