Literacy learning and global development
01 July 2009
Venue: Venue St. Bride Foundation, St. Bride's Passage, Off Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ
Adult literacy plays an essential role in the achievement of the Millennium Development and Education for All goals. Literacy opens up access to the knowledge and understandings vital to work (employment or self employment), health and family life as well as for active citizenship.
Despite this, the 2006 Global Monitoring Report (GMR) on Literacy showed that adult literacy has been neglected all over the world, and suggested that it must be a higher priority for national and international agendas. It recommended that aid in basic education should be doubled; and that nations should, “Complement the flow of funds with analytical and knowledge support.” (Literacy for Life, 2006, p25).
This seminar provides participants with:
- knowledge about the evidence base for advocating adult literacy and numeracy and human development
- insight into different perspectives and contexts for teaching and learning adult literacy and numeracy; and
- understanding and insight into a wide range of issues surrounding adult literacy, numeracy and human development
The seminar is of particular interest to:
- people working in international development, interested in the contribution adult literacy can make to improving the lives of some of the world’s poorest people
- those working on issues of human development, especially in developing countries
- researchers in adult literacy and numeracy, from a global perspective
- aid organisations which want to improve the effectiveness of their activities
- policy makers concerned with international development
- practitioners in international development
For more information on the event, visit the NIACE website or contact the NIACE Events team- Tel: 0116 204 2833/ E-mail: gurjit.kaur@niace.org.uk
