Adult Literacy Programs in Uganda
Author: Anthony Okech
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780821348826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe policy of the World Bank has been to focus on universal primary education, rather than supporting adult literacy programmes. But slow progress in Sub-Saharan Africa has convinced the Bank that adult literacy, especially amongst women, is a key factor in promoting economic and social development. This study of programmes in Uganda shows that adult literacy programmes can be more effective than was previously thought; that government run programmes can be as effective as those run by non-governmental organisations and that there is a large, unsatisfied demand among Ugandan adults for more education.