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    Reading and writing in the real world: new directions for post literacy?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can adults who have developed some proficiency and confidence in literacy improve and develop their new reading and writing skills? Adult literacy programmes often include two components: initial literacy training offering reading and writing classes; and post-literacy training which may develop literacy skills further or offer other activities such as income generation.
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    Read all about it. How relevant are printed materials for farmers in Africa?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    It is often assumed that many grassroots farmers are illiterate and that print is an ineffective means of communication. What little printed information is produced is usually aimed at resource-rich, commercial farmers.
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    Teaching AIDS: student teachers learn about HIV in Zimbabwe

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Teachers are in an excellent position to pass information about HIV on to their pupils. In 1994, the Zimbabwean Ministry of Higher Education and Technology introduced a nationwide programme to train teachers in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. Four years later, researchers evaluated the programme’s success, on behalf of UNICEF.
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    Identity crisis? Exploring teacher backgrounds and raising educational standards in Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Do teacher training institutions know enough about the personal backgrounds, expectations and aspirations of their students? What can be done to counter student teacher aversion to working in rural areas? Should training colleges accept students if it is clear that teaching is their last resort career choice?
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    Power to primary education: is there a role for NGOs?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Primary education is the cornerstone of successful international development. Investing in children's abilities to read, write, and do basic maths is key to an improved quality of life and to poverty alleviation. There are proven links between successful primary or basic education for all and a country's economic growth, equity, and the health of its population.
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    Can't pay, won't pay? Factors affecting primary school enrolment in Zambia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    At the 1990 World Conference on 'Education for All' in Thailand, governments adopted a plan to achieve universal primary education by the year 2000. Zambia pledged to achieve this goal by 2005, but is likely to fail because recurrent expenditure in schools is not budgeted for. Primary education is in urgent need of reform. Enrolment is low with figures actually decreasing.
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    Learning in the field: can agriculture help in rural primary education?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can agriculture help improve rural primary schooling in developing countries? Universal access to primary education is a sought-after goal in most developing countries as it offers a wide range of benefits. Yet many countries face problems such as low participation, high drop-out rates and under-education of pupils, especially in rural areas.
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    Building blocks. Reconstructing education after a crisis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can external agencies help rebuild education systems in countries that have experienced war, natural disaster, or political and economic upheaval? Depending on the severity of the situation, educational provision will suffer some degree of uncertainty and disruption. Problems such as decimated school premises, a dispersed work force, trauma, or ethnic division, will be top of the agenda.
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    Education for survival: better health and HIV/AIDS education for schools in Africa and Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Since the late 1980s, interest has grown in the development of health education in schools. This interest has been spurred on by the AIDS pandemic. Health education, which focuses on trying to influence sexual behaviour and attitudes, has been seen as a key strategy in arresting the spread of the disease.
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    Cost-benefit analysis: what practical use can it be to education reform?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Cost-benefit analysis offers standard yardsticks for assessing value-for-money from development investment. But its use in connection with upgrading education systems in developing countries has attracted controversy. It has much to commend it and is widely preferred over other assessment techniques.

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